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Welcome to this year’s display of dolls or Navratri Golu on Knowledge (Jnanam) at my house. If you have never heard of a golu or seen one, check out my past posts on Navratri. It is a display of dolls that we put up for 10 days and nine nights. We invite people, tell stories…
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Indian culture attaches a lot of importance to the number nine or Nava. Navagraha – nine planets, Navaratri – nine nights of worship and celebration, Navadanya – nine pulses and cereals and Navaratna – nine gemstones are few such noteworthy examples. The word ‘Nava’ means nine and ‘ratna’ refers to gemstones in the gems and…
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“Vertical stripes will make you look thinner, horizontal will make you look broader. But checks will make you look fat” or so goes a popular fashion myth. Convention states that checks are casual, childish and unsuitable for elegant attire. But I beg to differ. I have a cylindrical body type and a broad build, but…
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Art elements, a group that I am a part of boasts of some incredibly talented women. They can paint, embroider, sculpt, felt, weave, make jewellery, make dolls and dress them up. Whenever, I participate in one of their monthly challenges, I feel like I ought to do a lot more than jewellery making. Afterall, a…
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Does it feel like the whole world is shopping only during sales times? Given that sales are now happening every week, it is almost impossible to curb shopping isn’t it? While discount sales are great as a buyer, there are terrifying for a seller. For, if you can only make a sale giving discounts, then…
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Going through my Instagram feed, I realised that there were several pieces of Riti jewellery that I had failed to showcase on the blog. I had originally planned to write about them as a sort of roundup at the end of the year. But as with many things in life, plans change and they got…
