REDUCE: Roll and store, but let go!
Yesterday, I took out a turquoise-cyan beauty. A 25-year-old Kanchipuram silk sari / saree. It is my Amma’s (mom’s). I admired it. I let...
top of page
Explorations
Search
Revastra
2 min read
Parani / Altha & Saris
"Didi! Nah! Foto tulbe na! Altha uthe gyache!" (‘Sister, don’t click a picture. Altha has faded.’ in Bengali). She shied away from my...
262 views0 comments
Revastra
3 min read
Your Petticoat
Would you style it as a chic skirt? Read the extraordinary story of this ordinary underskirt and decide for yourself. More than a decade...
37 views0 comments
Revastra
4 min read
Sangraha Karigar Atelier's COVID-19 Initiatives
When is world is going through a crisis -- #pandemic #lockdown #covid19 -- what is the least we, as consumers of fashion clothing, can...
31 views0 comments
Revastra
3 min read
Chappa / Maach & Saris
What does it mean in sari symbolism? "Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime." -- Proverb A fish...
195 views0 comments
Revastra
3 min read
#rephilosophy & Saris #02
NAMASKARAM # ६ षट / ṣaṭ / six / 6 We sometimes end up living far from our places of birth and nativity. So, we learn to adopt and adapt...
17 views0 comments
Revastra
3 min read
#rephilosophy & Saris #01
NAMASKARAM # १ एकम् / ekam / one / 1 We know the cosmos, its bodies and forces help us function with rhythm, balance and fragility. We...
20 views0 comments
Revastra
3 min read
Thathamma, I want long hair!
“Tathamma, naaku podugu juttu kavali!” (grandma, I want long hair) — Little Miss B. “Na chera batta tesukura!” (Get my sari fabric) —...
48 views0 comments
Revastra
5 min read
Sari Strategy: Repurposing #02
‘Preventive’ not ‘curative’ design Words Sathya Bhavana / Photographs Amrita Haldipur Namaskaram! In my previous story, one of the...
17 views0 comments
Revastra
6 min read
Sari Strategy: Repurposing #01
This story was written for Singapore-based sustainable living platform www.secondguru.com founded by Lara and Anuja Namaskaram! After...
35 views0 comments
Revastra
1 min read
'SAFED' Cocoa&Jasmine x REVASTRA
Just the phrase 'travelling textile art installation' (New Delhi, London, New York and other cities) was enough to inspire and create an...
17 views0 comments
Revastra
6 min read
Sari Strategy: Repurposing #03
DIY: Repurpose with minimal waste This story was published on Singapore-based, sustainable and 'green' living digital platform...
17 views0 comments
Revastra
5 min read
Geometricity & Saris
This story was written for design, culture and travel publication www.cocoaandasmine.com by Sayali Goyal Circles. Squares. Rectangles....
25 views0 comments
bottom of page