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How Nancy Tyagi created Tyla’s viral Indian look. ‘The moment she saw it, her face lit up’

Fashion influencer Nancy Tyagi said she contacted South African singer Tyla before her India trip to create a culturally rooted look. ‘We aligned on the saree right away.’

The Saree Revolution: How Young Women Are Bringing Cotton Sarees Back to Daily Life

The new-age saree lover wears them for work, travel, casual outings, and everything in between. Recognizing this shift, brands are designing lighter, fuss-free daily wear cotton sarees that blend tradition with modern convenience.

Delhi has brought a new chapter in saree politics. Rekha Gupta vs Atishi

I sometimes wonder why so little is said about President Droupadi Murmu’s well-chosen temple bordered drapes and striking graphic elements. She wears her role powerfully well.

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Weaving Jamdani — a 40-inch piece of saree that lived through Partition

Both men and women made Jamdani, a saree that came out of the Dhaka muslin industry and was brought to India by Persian craftsmen.

Benares brocades wove Hindu-Muslim peace for centuries. But those old ways changed

In 'Crafting a Future,' Archana Shah talks about the ground realities of Indian textiles and their histories.

Sarees are not dying in India, but don’t trust #SareeTwitter to show whole nine yards

Sarees on Twitter doesn’t showcase the clothing’s multi-layered universality in the real India of traffic jams and back-breaking farm work.

Garden Vareli ads with three Miss Indias made the everyday saree a fashion statement

Top actresses and models – Namrata Shirodkar, Madhu Sapre, Aishwarya Rai and Lisa Ray – were a part of the ads, which gave the saree a new modern twist.

Why is Sabyasachi shaming women who can’t drape sarees but not men who can’t tie dhotis?

Castigating Indian women is convenient, lazy and unpleasantly paternalistic.

On Camera

Iraq’s long road to FIFA World Cup qualification is a story of survival, defiance

Historically, football has been used as a lens through which political anger, identity, and resistance come into focus. From Mohun Bagan to Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast, this claim can be easily cemented.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.