#52/100 07/07/2015
#DelhiSareeChallenge
We. .a family of Saree wearers . used to wear cotton sarees daily in summers…and silk sarees in winter..

We used to put starch (kalaf) in our cotton sarees.. A lady’s skills used to be tested. ..by how well. .the kalaf in her sarees turned out. . Then. .the sarees would either go for ironing or to the charak wallah..

We would then, wear these sarees. .the whole day. . Do our routine activity… kitchen ka
kaam- kaaz..etc .rest a little in the afternoon. …yet the saree would stay intact and look fresh and wouldn’t crumple to look shabby..

Was sharing this with bahu rani Aditi B. Khandelwal.. that earlier. .we would put kalaf ourselves and at home. . N she goes, ”Mom, what’s kalaf”. I said ”starch”.. She says, ” What’s starch” !!

Just goes to say.. How little. . Our kids know of those days. .
Galti in bacchon ki nahin hai.. Hum logon ne ”cotton sarees” hi pehnna chhodd diya..
Saath mein…yeh sab kaam karne bhi chhodd hi diye..
So.. how would they know !!!

This Kalaf lagi hui Kerala cotton saree… which my husband & I got for my mom in law from Kochi… couple of years back. . She has been unable to wear this saree… as it had too much kalaf and is much too wide for her..

Loving it… How many memories. . A simple cotton saree can revoke.. O M G.

#100SareePact with Ally Matthan Anju Maudgal Kadam

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