Rangoli Journal

There is a quiet assumption that Durga Puja means Bengali weaves only: Dhakai, Tant, Baluchari, lal paar sada. It is a lovely assumption and...

Organza and tissue get grouped together because both are sheer and both catch light. They behave completely differently on the body, and choosing wrong...

Here is the rule, before the list. A saree looks expensive when the fall is good and the border is finished properly. Not when...

Every Puja wardrobe conversation starts with the heavy silk for Ashtami. Almost nobody plans the other five days, which is how people end up...

If you have ever stood in a shop being shown six sarees that are all called Banarasi and quietly wondered why three of them...

Ask for "a silk saree" in any good shop and you will be shown both. They look related from a distance and are anything...

Five days, a lot of photographs, and no real interest in shopping. That is most men at Durga Puja. The good news is that...

Puja shopping in Kolkata has a rhythm to it. Start too early and the new stock has not landed; leave it to the week...