22\/100. A cream, brick-red and black Maheshwari was what I chose to wear to work today. With its bright diamond motifs and golden zari accents, it seems too festive for office wear. But, I was actually in a celebratory mood. And it had to do with the pact.<\/p>\n
You see, from Day 20 – saree number 17 in office – people had stopped asking me what the special occasion was. Me wearing a saree to work was now as much of an everyday affair as wearing a tee and jeans. And that is cause for celebration, isn’t it?<\/p>\n
I wanted a photograph at my desk and my ever-obliging young colleague was trying her best to get a decent one when one by one, the other young girls lined up to watch me getting photographed. And to voice their own ideas about which direction I should look and how I should hold my mug\/pen\/book. About 15 very self-conscious photographs later, one of them had the bright idea of taking me to our tiny office backyard which is bordered by lush plants.<\/p>\n
The green, as usual, wrought its calming magic on me. And my colleague finally managed to click a ‘relaxed’ photograph.<\/p>\n
It is lovely how just wearing a saree and wanting my photograph taken became a mini-bonding session at work. While the men did give us bewildered, and occasionally condescending, looks, this did enthuse some of the women to think of wearing sarees to office.<\/p>\n
As for me, I need to go set out my saree for tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
22\/100. A cream, brick-red and black Maheshwari was what I chose to wear to work today. With its bright diamond motifs and golden zari accents, it seems too festive for office wear. But, I was actually in a celebratory mood. And it had to do with the pact. You see, from Day 20 – saree…<\/p>\n