All about the saree!

My daughter and her friends,  children of a new urban India, rarely wear a saree. They are comfortable in Western attire or a salwar kameez or churidar kurta.

But when it comes to any special occasion she wants a saree. Her post-graduation convocation was coming up and we went shopping for a suitable saree.

We hopped in and out of saree shops as she and my better half searched for that perfect saree to match that day. I sat in a corner and watched the ladies discard one after the oth...