A dark green Kanjeevaram with gold coin motifs and an orange zari border. Yes, in my trousseau! It\u2019s the saree I wore before changing into the traditional red. It\u2019s a baby compared to the other two sarees I\u2019ve showcased! But this one has a tale to tell too. It was the husband’s cousin\u2019s wedding in Chandigarh and it was time to bring out the Kanjeevaram in Punjab. I was looking forward to wearing this one after having it sleep for two years.<\/p>\n
My son, who was about 6 months old at the time, used to have a bad bout of reflux after every feed. What went in would come right out. There were lucky days when he would burp and everything would be fine with the world. This was one such lucky day, or so I thought. I was extremely confident that he\u2019d be ok. An hour into the wedding, the little howler monkey began to scream non-stop. Not because he was hungry but because, well, that\u2019s how howler monkeys are. What choice did I have but to soothe-feed. I have never prayed like I did that day, but then God ain\u2019t so easy to please. Haven\u2019t we heard of stories of demons and kings doing penance for years together before God appears before them. What was my little \u201cOh God, please don\u2019t make him puke!\u201d before that kind of stuff? So, out it all came, on my gorgeous green saree. The kid was absolutely fine after that while I went around smelling of curdled milk.<\/p>\n
Four years later, I wore this saree again, yesterday for a dinner out. The memories of the madness in my North-South wedding (no, no, don\u2019t please compare it to Two States), memories of being thrown up on that I can now laugh about, come rushing back. And I can\u2019t help but notice the green in all the three trousseau stories I\u2019ve shared. Symbolizing the freshness of memories, perhaps?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A dark green Kanjeevaram with gold coin motifs and an orange zari border. Yes, in my trousseau! It\u2019s the saree I wore before changing into the traditional red. It\u2019s a baby compared to the other two sarees I\u2019ve showcased! But this one has a tale to tell too. It was the husband’s cousin\u2019s wedding in…<\/p>\n