In The Sari Eternal, former diplomat Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri looks at saris and their genealogy. Choosing the personal route, ...
The Pioneer on MSN

The saree story

India, April 26 -- For over five thousand years, a simple, unstitched length of fabric has managed to capture the imagination ...
We see a beautifully draped piece of unstitched fabric on a man and immediately assign a name to it. Usually, we just call it ...
Artists and master weavers from across India transform the Kanjeevaram sari into an artistic canvas for an exhibition curated by Vara Ramakrishnan at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco ...
The Nation (PK) on MSN

The real cost

In Karachi's heat, lawn is not a fashion choice; it is a functional necessity. Yet it is priced like a luxury.A basic three-piece suit now costs between 7,000 and 10,000 rupees. Unstitched fabric ...
A deep maragathapachai silk shimmers under warm lights, its gold zari catching everyone’s eye as the sari was laid. People ...