Tag: myqissaa

The Invites

August 5th, 2016 • admin

The Dhakai Jamdanis we wore were always fragile. They tore easily after a couple of wears and no one knew why. After my Qissaa journey began I met savants and I learnt that the sarees made are a mix of silk and cotton, the sturdier cotton cut the silk yarn.  However the ones from Bangladesh […]

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The Khadi Spirit

August 5th, 2021 • admin

The Khadi Spirit – A way of life Khadi the handmade handspun textile owes its revival to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. He was the one who saw its potential as a tool to being self-reliant, independent and bringing villages back to life. In his words: ‘The spinning wheel represents to me the hope of […]

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The Launch

October 5th, 2016 • admin

The Qissaa, the anecdote, albeit story of mine Why “Sutradhar”… Sutra is the thread, the yarn, the narrative… “dhar “ is holding together, the knot, the weave. Together it is the raconteur, presenter. Hence the epithet! September 16th I always wanted a space to share conversations and stories. I found it and the launch was […]

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The Qissaa Story – Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

August 6th, 2016 • admin

The Story Teller

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The Qissaa Story – Jhelum

August 6th, 2016 • admin

Jhelum and her soft narration

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The Qissaa Story – Urmi Basu The New Light

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The Saree Qissaa

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The Story of Khadi

August 6th, 2021 • admin

It began with Khadi demanding Swadeshi to restore the Indian traditions to become self reliant. Arup Rakshit of MGGS Sutrakara working at the grassroots with farmers talks of the How Why Where When of desi cotton The Charkha, the wheel of life turns and the spindles draw out the thread from bolls of cotton. Up […]

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Vibha Mitra, The Sutradhar

August 6th, 2021 • admin

I have always worn sarees . Loved wearing them. Worn them unabashedly everywhere. Kids who find it uncool should relook at it as an option. It can be oomphy. It reveals the midriff, the back, it can be a hipster! We all have family sarees, nani, dadi sarees. Memories fond and maybe not. Sharing saree […]

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Winter Archive

August 5th, 2021 • admin

A ritual in most of our families with the changing seasons is the swapping of wardrobes. With the advent of autumn all our cotton sarees and attires are put away in storage and along with the woolens, the silks and tussars are brought out. The colour palette alters. The cool pastels of summers are replaced […]

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