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My Craze For Sarees

Discussion in 'Snippets of Life (Non-Fiction)' started by iyerviji, Aug 12, 2017.

  1. iyerviji

    iyerviji IL Hall of Fame

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    It must be the dream of every individual to appear beautiful. How to look beautiful is the one of the most important questions. mind and finding out the ways to achieve the objective of having the body beautiful is the major look out of almost all of them.

    The simple way to look beautiful is to look natural. It is not true that wearing lots of makeup can really make one look beautiful. What is important is to look beautiful is by keeping the heart and mind pure in order to keep the inner self-beautiful and this in turn will attribute you with a body beautiful.

    Draping in a saree a woman looks beautiful. I had an aunty who used to bring us saree when she used to visit us. That time I was still in my teens. I used to think once I start earning should have many sarees and should wear different saree everyday.

    In the early stages it was not possible. Before marriage due to financial condition we used to get sarees only on Diwali . Me and my sister used to share the sarees. After marriage also it was very difficult to buy more sarees int he beginning. Once the children were born and they grew I got a chance to buy sarees more and used to like to collect sarees

    When I wasworking we had a shop nearby. Me and my friend used to visit the shop during lunch time and we became their regular customer. Whenever new types of sarees came they used to call us and we used to be the first buyer. Once they had taken my photo also as a regular customer and put it in their marathi magazine. I dont know where that photo is now but somewhere it is safe. I always used to get the best sarees. When I used to go to catch the contract bus ladies going for walk used to wait to see which saree I am wearing.They used to tell me they like my collection of sarees. Also the people residing near my office used to appreciate my sarees.

    During my brother in law's daughter's marriage my sister inlaw and her family went to Salem to buy sarees for the marriage. She told me also to come as they felt I am good at selecting. We went to the saree shop where they were weaving the pattu saree. I liked one blue saree which they just finished weaving and I took that saree and everyone liked it very much.

    Earlier I used to buy the sarees but after retirement I have got many sarees as gifts given for marriages. Now since I am not working not able to use the sarees. I wear only when I go for functions or marriages. Evening while going to market dont feel like taking out the saree and wear , so go in a simple saree only.

    Anyway I have worn different kind of sarees, different colours to my heart's content.

    After I started making jewellery make chains matching my sarees. Today also a family had invited me since it is aadi month to give haldi kumkum. My husband's friend's dil had invited me , she would have invited me for lunch but she has twins who will be one year in september. So with children it wil be different to manage. So me and my husband went for breakfast. She gave me saree, one pithalai thambalam, mehndi cone, vethilai pakku , Nail polish , green bangles which I wore immediately and when I went to our agent for renewal of fixed deposit that lady told me bangles are looking nice.

    When my daughters came, both gave me a saree each, when I had gone to Pune my husband's niece gave asaree, one more saree is there. So have 5 new sarees to wear, so no need to buy saree for my birthday, diwali etc. You all must be thinking I am acting like a child, like children I am so happy with the things I get as gifts , but what to do though I am getting old my heart is still young.
     
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    Dear viji maami,
    loved your post:) Im sure many here can relate to this. There are many occasions as you have mentioned where we get sarees, and the need to go shopping for new sarees becomes rare over the years. Even I have not bought many sarees personally but made do a lot of gifts received, mainly due to my son's marriage last year and ones received from relations for vara mahalakshmi puja etc. So now, instead of sarees I go around buying the latest designer blouses to match my collection!
     
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    Thanks Joy dear for making my day with your first feedback.Glad you have also got many sarees as gifts.gkad u like ke designer blouses
     
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    Here is a good project for this age of digital cameras.

    Mount your camera on a tripod or set it on some stable flat surface to face you standing in front of it. Wear each saree you have with matching jewellery you had made, and snap yourself a "selfie" photo. Cameras and mobiles come with those time-delay shutter releases to help you with this project.
    A collection of such photos will be a grand gift to the next generation.

    A select few of them uploaded here would also be appreciated much... I am sure.
     
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    Thank you Nonya.some of them are there in facebook
     
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    Vijikka
    Nice happy thread, because I like sarees too.
    I too have a lot of sarees and 75% of them are gifts.
    Every time I visit India I come back with so many sarees.
    I wear them whenever I can, at home too.
     
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    Aunty, It's nice to see that you are still excited about new sarees ! Keep that enthusiasm going ! I love sarees too but no one gifts them to me :tearsofjoy:. So I end up buying them myself !
     
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    I see a child of 70 in your snippet.Very lovely write up! Keep it up.
    Personally I appreciate the choice, but I don't buy unless there is absolute need.I keep just a few sarees.My sister-in-law, my husband's brother's wife,was my classmate in the college.Even today she feels tempted to buy sarees whenever she crosses a show room.Her collection is amazing.My MIL used to say how girls with totally different temparaments have becomes vadhus of the same family.
    Jayasala 42
     
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    Dear Viji,
    Though I don't have a craze for sarees my wardrobe gets filled up with sarees given by relatives and I find it difficult to stitch the matching blouses for the sarees. As I wear only light weight sarees I donate the heavy weight sarees for those who can wear them.
    PS
     
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    Wow Vijima.. Saree draping is an art and getting sarees which suits our complexion/height/ body shape is head breaking for me :( Sigh! Wish a saree expert like you were near me to guide me on this... No help from Mom as she wears saree effortlessly even while at home and all the sarees looks good on her :)

    Always be young at heart!!
     
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