It was the summer of 2003. I had just returned after a hot and hectic sourcing trip to Gujarat and Rajasthan for my store.
\nI had exhausted all my resources to stock the store and sitting down to do my accounts, when an old man with a bundle on his head came by and asked me to look at his sarees.
\nI said no with all determination. so he just sat down and asked for a glass of water to drink.
\nI obliged , gave him a glass of butter milk and some fruit to eat.
\nHe just sat there for an hour or so looking at me work.
\nCuriosity got the better of me and i asked him to open his bundle. Happy nothing interested me when a small wrapped bundle caught me eye. He reluctantly opened it and there were these 3 gorgeous Dhakai Jamdanis.
\nI took all 3- kept one and gave the other 2 to family. So never underestimate the smalltime sareewallah- you never know what you may find….. His son still comes to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was the summer of 2003. I had just returned after a hot and hectic sourcing trip to Gujarat and Rajasthan for my store. I had exhausted all my resources to stock the store and sitting down to do my accounts, when an old man with a bundle on his head came by and asked…<\/p>\n