A love song for the saree“Saris are alive with promise in a way few garments are. Starting as a rectangle, they transform to fit any wearer, as bespoke as a suit that’s pinned and cut, though no such trauma befalls them,” says Mallika Rao in her 2016 essay ‘Ode to the Sari’. “A good sari wearer knows the material must meet her demands. The same sari can fit a wearer at different weights or positions, or an entirely other person” she adds. And in these raiments, in those moments of solitude, whatever the number in her years, on the scale, or in her wallet, the Bengali woman shines with all her inner strength and beauty.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 26, 2020 06:56 UTC