NEEV TIMES
September 2022
India@75
Issue 27
The saree evolved, as did India. From a 5-yard cloth to be simply draped around one's body to becoming the staple of Indianwear. Lugda, dhoti, pata, seere, sadlo or kapad, the saree is a wardrobe essential for various communities in India - differing from its patterns to the colors, to the draping based on social customs and norms. It represents India's rich diversity. However, the saree's omnipresence isn't limited geoculturally. The saree has endured the British Raj's mortality code that severely tailored, quite literally, the saree. Its evolution has been concurrent with that of our country. It's everything Indian.