When my mom gave me an embroidered saree many years ago, I got interested in the various forms of embroideries from all over India.<\/p>\n
So during one of my visits to my parents, who are in Gujarat, when mom asked me what I wanted for my next anniversary, I said I would like a black saree with kutch embroidery done in red. She looked high and low, but didn\u2019t find anything interesting in the readily available ones.<\/p>\n
Then my SIL suggested that she\u2019d talk to her designer friend. Now, this designer works in collaboration with a social worker, who trains and helps women from low income groups, to do embroidery work in their spare time to enhance their family incomes.<\/p>\n
The long and short of it is that my mother gave a black saree to the designer, who recommended that pink thread-work would look better than red, chose and printed the motifs on the saree and the women at the NGO, worked in their
\nmagic with their hands.<\/p>\n
I treasure this outcome of all the collaborative work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When my mom gave me an embroidered saree many years ago, I got interested in the various forms of embroideries from all over India. So during one of my visits to my parents, who are in Gujarat, when mom asked me what I wanted for my next anniversary, I said I would like a black…<\/p>\n