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\nYaadein yaad aati hei, baate bhi yaad aati hei\u2026<\/p>\n
The journey from Kalamassery to Palakkad was a day of reminiscing journeys and well-spent vacations of the past with mom and dad\u2026 journeys to our ancestral home in a small village, Vithanassery \u2026.the train journeys with lot of food including curd-rice and lemon pickle that never tasted better and buying more food and everything we saw at the railway stations, the tension whether dad would get into the train when he stepped out to smoke at the platform, the secret hiding places at Parakkat House, especially the small wooden shelf where Muthashi kept goodies like biscuits and Pears soap for her daughter and grandchildren from \u2018Bombay\u2019, plucking mangoes, eating jackfruit\u2026equipping for bath in the pond, the surroundings at Ayappan kulam, the temple, the library, the goti soda serbet\u2026..I can go on and on!!!<\/p>\n
Lunch with my cousins, aunts and uncles at our ancestral home was the occasion \u2026knew fully well that I would be the only one in my generation wearing a saree\u2026..but it did not make me change my mind\u2026in fact it only made me more determined\u2026sab se alag\u2026Bandhani it was to be\u2026<\/p>\n
Bhavin of Ashapura Designer Studio, our ex-student had called to inform me about his new Bandhani collection in chiffon-silks, crepes, georgette and printed silks\u2026.
\nBandhani is my favourite variety of saree\u2026.the colours, the bandhej, the delicacy of the work makes the wearer look graceful.
\nBhavin was only too happy to bring down his entire collection and patiently drape every saree that I showed interest in.
\nPurchased four of them, two in printed silk, one georgette and this beautiful one in a combination of blue, white and gold \u2026in chiffon-silk.
\nThe beautiful pallu with gold motifs against the royal blue base of the saree makes the saree absolutely unique. The gold against the blue also gives the saree a festive look and it falls so beautifully\u2026\u2026\u2026and of course, the most important qualification\u2026..it is absolutely light weight.
\nDecided to pair it with a gold and blue set that I picked up from Jhumkewaali, a jewelry exhibition at Showcase Gallery at Powai.<\/p>\n
Time for the sadya\u2026.a traditional lunch\u2026..sambhar, rasam, all the traditional vegetable curries, pickle, paaapadam and payasam\u2026.A day that will be etched in my memory all my life\u2026..
\nYe yaadein sabhi ke jaane ke baad\u2026phir phir se aate hei\u2026Yaadein\u2026.yaadein\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
#100sareepact 24\/100 Yaadein yaad aati hei, baate bhi yaad aati hei\u2026 The journey from Kalamassery to Palakkad was a day of reminiscing journeys and well-spent vacations of the past with mom and dad\u2026 journeys to our ancestral home in a small village, Vithanassery \u2026.the train journeys with lot of food including curd-rice and lemon pickle…<\/p>\n