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14/05/2022

ঠাকুরের জন্মদিনে, আপনাদের সবার জন্যে।

Rabindrasangeet of Parjaay: Prem Upa-parjaay: Prem-BoichitraTaal: Kaharwa-DadraRaag: BehagWritten on: 1915 (Ashwin 1322)Place: ShantiniketanPublished in: Pro...

14/07/2020

Sarees, oh that wonder drape.

Aarti Desai and Meenakshi Bhatia

17/06/2020

THE WILL OF AMRITA PRITAM

Fully conscious and in good health
I am writing today my will …

After my death
Ransack my room
Search each item
That is scattered
Unlocked
Everywhere in my house

Donate my dreams
To all those women
Who between the confines of
The kitchen and the bedroom
Have lost their world
Have forgotten years ago
What it is to dream

Scatter my laughter
Among the inmates of old-age homes
Whose children
Are lost
To the glittering cities of America

There are some colours
Lying on my table
With them dye the sari of the girl
Whose border is edged
With the blood of her man
Who wrapped in the tricolor
Was laid to rest last evening

Give my tears
To all the poets
Every drop
Will birth a poem
I promise

My honour and my reputation
Are for the woman
Who prostitutes her body
So her daughter can get an education

Make sure you catch the youth
Of the country, everyone
And inject them
With my indignation
They will need it
Come the revolution

My ecstasy
Belongs to
That Sufi
Who
Abandoning everything
Has set off in search of God

Finally
What’s left
My envy
My greed
My anger
My lies
My selfishness
These
simply
Cremate with me.

07/05/2020

On the occasion of Rabindrajayanti, Sudeshna sang this kirtan wearing an IL pure tussar. Pity the saree isn't visible.

This song was composed by a 26 year-old strapping young Tagore in 1886 for the Maghotsava celebration and he himself sang it on the morning of 11th Magh in a gathering.

Parjaay: Puja (487) Upa-parjaay: Bibidha Taal: Ektaal Raag: Mishra Jogia-Kirtan Anga: Kirtan Written: 1886 This song was composed for Maghotsava celebration ...

20/04/2020

This is a song that has given me immense strength during dark times. Telling me I am not alone. Every one gets an incomplete world. For those who do not understand Urdu, here is a translation in English.

"No one ever gets the entire universe
Somewhere the earth and somewhere the sky is missing
Whoever you see is lost in their own sorrow
They have thoughts to share but no companion to listen
Who is able to douse the embers of time
This is a fire that has no smoke
It's not like there's no love in your life (universe)
Where you hope for it you won't find it there."

PLEASE USE HEADPHONES AND TURN UP THE VOLUME.

Kabhi kisi ko muquammal jahaan nahin milta Kahin zamin to kahin aasman nahin milta Jise bhi dekhiye wo apne ap mein gum hai Zubaan mili hai magar hamzubaan n...

19/04/2020

Sudeshna and her love for IL sarees and blouses. Along with her choice of single solid colors.

She pays tribute to one of the greatest Urdu poets of our times in a raw tussar silk handwoven in Bihar. Do have a listen.

My tribute to Makhdoom Mohiuddin, an Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India. He was a revolutionary Urdu poet. He founded the Progressive Writers ...

14/04/2020

Dua means "prayer" in Urdu. Today being the auspicious start to our regional New Year, let us pray for the world get well soon.

Song shot in an IL silk with Kantha embroidery all over. Thank you for staying with us.

Dua is an Urdu word which means prayer. In the ongoing global crisis, prayer is what we have. The original song is composed by Vishal Shekhar. And sung by Ar...

12/04/2020

Singing this song in an IL hand woven coarse tussar with contrast ajrakh blouse. Though the saree isn't much visible, we thought we'd mention this with thanks for the understated look.

Ghazal penned by Sayeed Quadri used for film Barfi

05/03/2020

The absolute beauty of the saree. Makes the artist look like art.

Rare photograph of Frida Kahlo in a sari,
with Nehru’s nieces, Nayantara Sahgal and Rita Dar, in Mexico City, likely 1947.

17/02/2020

Drape one today.

From Kanjeevaram to Paithani to Chanderi – the London Fashion Week (LFW) got a taste of the elegance and tapestry of the Indian sari on Saturday, leaving many spellbound at the variety, as India, its diaspora and idioms increasingly become mainstream in the UK.

01/02/2020

Women in India have played a crucial role in preserving traditional art forms, by handing down the knowledge and skills generation after generation. One such woman is Godawari Dutta, who won a Padma Shri in 2019, for her contribution to Madhubani art. This art form is practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar and is famous all over the world as Mithila painting. This type of painting is known for the representation of rituals and practices for particular occasions, including festivals, religious rituals, etc. However, it was only after this 93-year-old bagged the fourth highest civilian honour last year, did India come together to celebrate her.

Godawari Dutta won a Padma Shri in 2019. She was awarded because of her great contribution to Mithila art.

25/11/2019

Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

…say young artisans from the region, who are showcasing their thought-provoking artworks in Bengaluru from November 26 to 28