A single woman is responsible for the way urban India wears a saree today, said Rta Kapur Chisti, a textile scholar and co-author and editor of the Saris of India. The woman in question was Gyanonandini Tagore, Satyendranath Tagores wife (Rabindranaths elder brother.) When she came to Mumbai, the Bengali draping was not considered elegant enough for outdoor wear and she adopted the Parsi style of taking the Pallu on her left shoulder. Saris today are only worn on special occasions, or in the corporate sectors to take strength from their identity. If you go around India, a sari is a second skin for a woman. You can swim, climb trees and ride horses in it. It is the most versatile garment that moulds itself according the womans needs. A sari requires scientific and mathematic skills as to which dye and which pattern at what part of the 6 yards will hold how much weight. There was no system of attaching a fall to sarees or wearing petticoats earlier. The weight and pattern of the borders at both ends would see to it that the sari stays in place. Now, the quality has been compromised to manufacture greater numbers. The handskills need to be preserved because no one in the world can compete with that. It is our countrys asset and it is disappearing.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 07:46:30 +0000
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