Wish you all a happy makar Sankranti!<\/p>\n
#45 – one of my most favourite sarees, and a very old one. Another gift from a favourite cousin, Saroj tai. This saree has a nice story of how it came to be mine\u2026. Saroj tai and I were at a wedding together, she draped in this beautiful saree and I just could not take my eyes off it. This was btw in my college days, when I rarely wore sarees. I kept complimenting her on the saree all the time, until finally she told me that if I complimented her one more time she would take the saree off and give it to me then and there!! And of course compliment her I did \ud83d\ude42 Shaadi over I went back home and same evening got a neat parcel with the saree and a note \u201ccouldn\u2019t take it off there but the moment I could I packed it off and sent it to you\u201d :-):-)<\/p>\n
So here it is \u2013 my Narayan peth with a typical green border and very non typical black and white checks on the body. Turned out this saree had actually been a gift to Saroj tai herself from her SIL, a lady whose exquisite saree collection I have gawked at ever since I can remember. I always wanted to ask her where she found all those awesome sarees, and humbly ask if I could join her on one of her shopping trips. Sadly, she passed away in an accident long ago, way before I could summon up the courage to ask.<\/p>\n
Draping this saree that has been a double gift of love, today on Makar Sankranti. Ensuring all Maharashtrian traditions are met for the day \u2013 traditional Narayan Peth saree, color black, and my old style tanmani mangalsutra and kudi earrings \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wish you all a happy makar Sankranti! #45 – one of my most favourite sarees, and a very old one. Another gift from a favourite cousin, Saroj tai. This saree has a nice story of how it came to be mine\u2026. Saroj tai and I were at a wedding together, she draped in this beautiful…<\/p>\n