Sari

Delhi govt orders hospitals to conduct compulsory rapid antigen detection test on 'high-risk individuals'

The order defines high-risk groups as those undergoing chemotherapy, immunosuppressed, suffering from malignancy, transplant patients, and elderly (over 65 years of age) with co-morbidities.

COVID-19 in Karnataka: Shortage of PPE kits, unequal distribution of resources put health workers in line of fire

Doctors at St John's Medical College and Hospital is the lack of safety gear-- PPE kits, the fear of running out of N95 masks and gloves and the disproportionate distribution of the kits, masks and gloves by the government.

Fashioning the dancing body: Tracing the evolution of the Bharatanatyam costume, from Devadasis to modern times

Throughout history, Bharatanatyam costumes have walked a tightrope between revealing and hiding the female form, reflecting the underlying conflict between the sensual and the spiritual as it evolved

Sari story: How its 108 wearing styles represent India, its people — and their many mutinies

The sari — pudava in Kerala, seere or bond in Karnataka, lugda or kapad or sado in Goa, jote or pata in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and bhaaj in West Bengal — has as many regional variations in wearing styles, folding systems, inner end-pieces, and end fringes, as its colloquial names

Sari story: Satyam Shivam Sundaram to Mr India, how the nine yards reflected Bollywood's favourite tropes

From the quintessential mother played by Nirupa Roy to the sensuous yet virginal Zeenat Aman in Satyam Shivam Sundaram, the sari has come to represent several attributes, from modesty to mischief | #FirstCulture

How the sari wove together Indira Gandhi's politics, Jayalalithaa's power and Mother Teresa's compassion

In the cases of Indira Gandhi, Jayalalithaa and Mother Teresa, the sari was more a proclamation of intent than style | #FirstCulture

Raveena Tandon's sari tweet: Why politicise a garment that's so inclusive?

The sari can mean what you want it to, and that is what makes it such an iconic garment. This is what makes Raveena Tandon's remark so limited and unnecessarily politicised.

Smriti Irani's #IWearHandloom campaign is the latest effort to revive India's textile heritage

Smriti Irani's #IWearHandloom campaign, in the run up to National Handloom Day on 7 August, is a great supplement to the efforts by designers and regular citizens to revive Indian hand-woven textiles

Nine-yard poll ad: Bihari workers in Surat to send home saris with Modi pictures

In a bid to woo voters, Bihari workers in Gujarat are sending five lakh sarees with a Modi image on them back home, ahead of elections in the eastern state.

Battling saree ignorance: The #100SareePact can be a great champion for the nine yards

The saree, in the middle class Bengali home I grew up in, was both a necessity and a luxury, both functional and fancy.