Touring Talkies

Episode 11: “Balucharis: The woven narrative Silks of Bengal”“It was exquisite they say,This flower-patterned sari of mine,With its large kalka and sepoy borders,I weep for its loss.”Dashrathi Roy’s (1806-57) verse speaks of a gopika’s mournful lament on the loss of her beautiful sari after a passionate tryst with Krishna. The motifs described refer to the Baluchari and the lament of loss is sadly one...

Episode 10: “Know your Maheshwaris“अबnoरmal proudly presents “Touring Talkies”Season 1 “Kanyakumari se Kashmir tak - Ek Sari-torial Safar”.This weekend our Sari-torial Safar takes us on on a journey to Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh. The Maratha Queen Ahilyabai Holkar developed Maheshwar’s local textile weaving into what today would be called “a center of excellence and innovation.” Her reign is considered a golden age for Maheshwar’s...

Episode 9 : “Know your Assam Silks““Assamese women weave dreams on their looms,” said Mahatma Gandhi during his first visit to Assam in 1921. Cut to today, a century later & this still holds true!अबnoरmal proudly presents “Touring Talkies”Season 1 “Kanyakumari se Kashmir tak - Ek Sari-torial Safar”.This weekend our Sari-torial Safar takes us on on a journey to Assam ; a state that...