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Category Archives: Personal
Miss Meena
A lot of my free time for the past seven odd months has been taken up by Miss Meena – who seems to get into trouble requiring vet care now and then – as a result I haven’t been able … Continue reading
The Last of Spring
Expectedly has a floral theme. My cousin Sujata who is a habitual sari wearer and looks pretty glorious in it. Taken on a Rang Panchami day @ the Empress Garden in Pune. The celebrations – by a private party who … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient India, Contemporary, contemporary fashion, Culture, fashion, Flora, Flowers, Hinduism, indian festivals, Indian Women, Personal, Photography
Tagged ashoka flowers, botanic gardens, cousin, flowers, Indian Spring, personal, pune, rang panchami, spring
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On the Street, India
Click for larger view. 1. Nauvari and Nath girls looking very lovely, Somaiya College, Mumbai. Taken on the college’s “Traditional Day”. 2. Mochi (cobbler) in Mumbai. She is not alone: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ernakulam, 3. Anklet wearing schoolgirls. Taken in Bengaluru. … Continue reading
Posted in 21st century, Accessories, Contemporary, Contemporary Style, Costume, Culture, fashion, Girls, India, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Jewellery, Personal, Photography, regional styles, Sari, Sari Blouse, Women
Tagged anklets, Bengaluru, cobbler, girls, india, Indian fashion, mochi, mumbai, nine yard sari, payals, sari, Somaiya College, street style, street style in India, traditional dress, women
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2015
Everyone should read Banalata Sen, whether in the original Bengali or translated. As I mentioned the sari history posts were very time and energy consuming this year. I might revisit some of the earlier decades as the information on them … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Bengal, Early 20th Century, Indian Literature, Literature, Personal, Poetry, Vintage, Women
Tagged 2015, Banalata Sen, Bengal, Jibanananda Das, new year, poetry, sari, sari history
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A Birthday
My grandmother died not too long back, she would have been 88 today. The studio pic is of her as a wee thing in about 1930-she was the eldest child so this must have been a special trip. She looks … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Girls, India, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Personal, Photography, Tamil Nadu, Vintage
Tagged 1930s, girls, grandmother, pavadai, sepia, Tamil, vintage photograph
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Personal Notes
Just a note. I don’t make any money from my tumblr/wordpress site – or leverage it in any way – and that’s fine by me. I enjoy doing it and if people learn something from it and go off and do … Continue reading
Posted in Citations, Credit, Indian Dress, Personal, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion
Tagged credit, original material, personal
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Notes
I haven’t updated this site in a long time meanwhile the tumblr keeps getting refreshed. Partly this is because I have just been doing simple posts and there is no grand theme: Newish movies; Recurring patterns in Hindi cinema [X, … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Actor, Colonial, Contemporary, Costume, Culture, Early 19th century, Early 20th Century, fashion, Hair, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Personal, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Women
Tagged Edwardian, halter neck, haryana, kunjalam, long shirt, modest blouse, pallu, pompoms, sari, sari blouse, shahana goswami, sleep, vara the movie, Victorian, vintage blouse, women sleeping
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