Ever since she stopped dyeing her hair more than a year back, waiting for the messy grey to grow into subdued salt, Nirmala Sitharaman has been particularly attentive to her sari selection. Political dressing in India — not trendy but sharply symbolic of the revealing-concealing grammar of identity and ambition — is the core of culture and fashion writer Kapda …
Aditi Rao Hydari celebrated Indian handloom when she stepped out for an event in Mumbai looking pretty in a handwoven silk brocade jumpsuit designed by Payal Khandwala. Aditi took to instagram to share her love for handloom, and wrote: Indian handloom is one of our most powerful and beautiful fashion treasures… own it, wear it celebrate it. Aditi turned muse …
Assamese Gamosa, which has been worn by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his public rallies in the poll-bound state, is one of the most easily recognisable cultural symbols of the Assamese people, besides 'Tamol Pan'. Prime Minister Modi's repeated invocations of this cultural symbol have made it a politically important motif in recent times. A woman weaving an Assamese traditional …
