tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58955345448347514942024-03-13T01:01:15.692-07:00varnam-talkVARNAM talk is a celebration of everything that is Indian. It's a tribute to all those wonderful inspiring people who in their own way, are trying to re-vitalise or revive lost Indian traditions and design stories.DesignTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381126261498441447noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895534544834751494.post-90393366154490052282013-01-18T05:15:00.000-08:002013-01-18T23:06:07.181-08:00TURIYA...a spa-villa cum homestay in Goa !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sandesh is someone that i befriended recently during a visit to Mumbai. We ended up hitting the inner streets of Mumbai's crawford area looking for copper utensils and the perfect table linen for Sandesh's spa. Seeing the passion and enthusiasm with which 'Sandy' went hunting for his wares left me in admiration and set the background to know more about TURIYA !</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">TURIYA is the result of Sandesh's passion to create a space in his hometown of Goa. When i saw the pics of 'Turiya' and Sandesh's personal touch in every corner of his spa it reminded me of the time when i created my own home. At the risk of sounding cliched, what makes Turiya special is that it is very evidently a labour of love. Every nook-n-corner of this space has been pain-stakingly created by its owner using the simplest of ideas and on a shoe-string budget. I had to write about Turiya ...so here i am!</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">'Turiya' means a state of pure consciousness. Sandesh's love for vibrant colours and antiques is evident from the front entrance and porch itself.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sandesh has spent over a year restoring and doing up his little piece of heaven as you may call it. A trained architect who started his career with Hafeez Contractor, Sandesh has worked on several projects. However 'turiya' has a certain hand-made homely feel to it. The initial idea to have it as a holiday home was soon abandoned for a ayruvedic spa resort that's now managed by Sandesh's sister, a trained ayruveda doctor.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of the beautiful corners in the Villa is of course the actual spa area that's been lovingly created <span style="line-height: 115%;"> using 150 yrs old Pillars and arches of one temple inkarnataka. The result is 3 therapy rooms with white fabric partitions that overlook<span style="font-size: small;"> a </span>small water body. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sandesh has managed to extend the mysticism right upto the names of the rooms as well. Each room has a distinct name and identity that is beautifully represented through logos too.... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The villa has 4 rooms packed away cosily, each with its own unique design! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beauty lies in the detailing. Even the bathrooms exude freshness and of course tons of sunshine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's nice to see is that the owner has managed to retain the original charm of this traditional Goan home as seen in its common areas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Every corner sees the touch of someone with a keen aesthetic eye and an admiration for things that are antique !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The use of pillars in myriad shapes, sizes and colours throughout the resort is impressive!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Since there was a tight budget while creating this space, almost everything in the house right from </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">furniture to serving trays, lamp shades, door handles, toilet paper holder,hooks, signage,mirror frames, etc has been created pain-stakingly bit its owner ! <span style="font-size: small;">The </span>colourful patio best exempl<span style="font-size: small;">i</span>fies this - note the <span style="font-size: small;">h</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">and-painted coffee table and the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">cosy antique door-turned-seater with hand-stitched cushion-seaters. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The elephant wall hooks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beautiful hand-painted wall-graphics!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A cool wall-idea!!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Contact - </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">TURIYA, House no –16, Chaudi,<br />
Canacona, Goa – 403702 <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A recent road trip to Thanjavur with a friend saw me visiting its famous 'brihadesswara temple' and the Thanjore palace among others. As we were walking out of the main entrance of the thanjore palace, I saw a signage atop a building that said 'Hi Tanjore'. The name caught my attention and so did the building that it pointed towards ! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Moving closer to the building, what greeted us was a traditional thanjavur home that seemed to have been recently refurbished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The blue-glazed cement floor and the colourful poster on the wall immediately pulled me in. The building,as i discovered, was a heritage boutique hotel that was run by Sunil Verghese (who also runs the Dunes eco resort on Pondicherry) and designed by Dimitri Klein (also its co-owner). The hotel had recently begun its operations. The next hour saw me explore different parts of this colourful blue heritage hotel thanks to its sweet staff. Here's a sneak peek...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The reception area ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The back-lit spiral staircase that lead to the rooms upstairs and the cafe atop is impressive!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Across the hotel one could see glimpses of the traditional thanjore paintings re-interpreted smartly as mixed prints or as-is on the various seat-upholstery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A 3-seater in the corridor outside the rooms </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The hotel has 15 rooms packed inside, each with a unique design. A glimpse of one of the rooms...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The tariffs might seem steep as the hotel is obviously aimed at luxury/foreign travelers. However the same should not prevent you from having a nice cuppa coffee and some food at the cafe upstairs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">HOTEL 'HI-TANJORE' - 464, East Main Road, opposite the Tanjore Palace main gate. Tel.</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">: <b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b>+91 9364455440. www.tanjorehihotel.com</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The store started by its sweet and unassuming owner, Radeesh Shetty houses interesting lighting options from <i>desi</i> designers across the country and its own produce too. They come in varying budgets right from Rs 1000 upwards. Here are some interesting options from what I saw – </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The highlight of the store was definitely these interesting lighting options from <a href="http://www.jennypinto.com/">Jenny Pinto,</a> one of the few handmade paper makers in India, based in Bangalore. Jenny designs her own range of lighting and home accessories using her own paper. S<span class="style4">he makes a unique range of beautiful, translucent and textured paper from agricultural and craft waste fibres like banana, sisal, mulberry, various rivers grasses, pineapple and more.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am sure that many of you may have passed by the old Naga theatre (now lemon tree hotel) on St John's road near ulsoor lake. But i wonder how many of you have noticed this cute little store that reads ' Santhanalakshmi - Pure silk & cotton sarees' with some lovely kolam designs in red and a small little 'charka' (clearly showing her passion for the organic and the hand-woven art of weaving)</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> outside.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The store started by Chitra over several years ago (she was earlier located at 'The Sanctuary near safina Plaza) is a treasure house of sarees that showcase the cultural richness of Tamil Nadu. "My father started the very popular Bangalore Biryani Hotel in coimbatore in 1945. He ensured that we inculcated some of the best values around us - we were taught Hindi by a private tutor as he felt that we must speak the language fluently and I even learnt to play the veena. We would visit temples every week and spend holidays at our grandfather's farm in idyllic fun. We would have some of the best weavers come home to make custom-made sarees for all the women in our household for any festive or special occasion. "</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With a childhood drenched in everything that was richly south-indian it is no surprise that Geeta (who trained to study law) ended up reviving some of the most beautiful sari traditions that have long been forgotten. " I work with my weavers in Karaikudi who for many decades have been working for my family. Each of my sarees has been hand-woven with absolutely no compromise in the quality of cotton or the art of weaving." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The colours and combinations are personally chosen by Chitra and she is no hurry to 'mass-manufacture' sarees. As she removed each saree and proudly explained the nuances of each , I could not but help wonder in amazement at the wealth of information that stood before me. So right from the typical chettinad checks cotton sarees and the big border chettinad-kandanghi-inspired-silk sarees to the mutli-coloured temple border sarees and modern interpretations of kalamkari , there was no dearth of beautiful designs in this store. Here below are some of the creations that most impressed me.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the rarely seen coarse cotton saree typical of chettinad - the kandanghi cotton - with bold striped huge borders on either side. Ms. Sonia Gandhi picked up a few of these at Chitra's exhibition in Delhi organised by the Crafts Council of India</i>. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the 'cult' bright silk checks made popular by actress Saroja Devi in the Sivaji starrer tamil blockbuster movie 'Paalum Palamum'</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the once popular 'Ganga-Jamuna' cotton saree with huge borders on either side . </i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Address :- Santhanalakkshmi Pure Silk & Cotton Sarees, #174, st. John's Road, Near old Naga theatre of Hotel Lemon Tree, BAngalore - 560 042. Tel - 080-40925414/9343548543<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvantC20Jky9w6-Q0U4XXM1KBlt3qNLwIGBcx4Lstq7JPCbpLp1U1SC75KDcILek_bfb2STka03XBVYmqUBj64JfMRy1fsXj74AeT9fXye56bJGAKp5xhAPklhKdqZCPa1D9Zj7ItXafs/s1600/IMG_3359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvantC20Jky9w6-Q0U4XXM1KBlt3qNLwIGBcx4Lstq7JPCbpLp1U1SC75KDcILek_bfb2STka03XBVYmqUBj64JfMRy1fsXj74AeT9fXye56bJGAKp5xhAPklhKdqZCPa1D9Zj7ItXafs/s320/IMG_3359.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I first came to know about Ratan textiles by a friend of mine from Delhi around 2 years ago. When i visited the store then, it was close to 830pm and the store was in the midst of shutting down. I remember feeling like a kid in a candy store, seeing their gorgeous stuff. However seeing that i had absolutely no time i quickly picked up a pair of gorgeous 'rajasthani' print cushions. One of them, a nice pink cushion (as you can see in the chair below) has always been a conversation point whenever friends came home, Ever since then i have wanted to go back there.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the pink cushion on the left is a 'Ratan'</i></td></tr>
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> T<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">his november i finally did get the opportunity to visit their store. Ratan is located in the very popular and lovely Meherchand market in delhi. So on a diwali morning i decided to visit their store. </span>As i walked down the market, i could see their store facade at a distance, beautifully decorated with marigold flowers. This time round i had all the time in the world and thankfully no one to crib about how late it was getting; so i was quite relieved! <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ratan textiles is originally from Jaipur and they are known to export their stuff all over.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One might find Ratan to be similar to the Anokhi stuff but far more reasonably priced. I especially loved their range of mens and womens-wear on the 2nd floor. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the mens shirts prices start from Rs 420/-</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>As always the women have all the options</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>i love this print!!</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The sweet lady assistant at the store patiently showed me all their stuff ; though the manager was quite disinterested in my enthusiasm (just like the last time)</span>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>" Err! can i please be spared of your un-necessary jibber-jabber !"</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I also got to see some of their signature rajasthani printed cushions. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>add that bright splash of colour to a dull corner with this cute pillow</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>i</i><i> had bought this from my last trip</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The range of home furnishings - including bed covers, bed sheets, quilts, etc. were quite colourful. The best part about them was that they were quite reasonably priced too.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>quilts</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>single and double bed-sheets/spreads</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If one is looking for gifts to give then this is definitely the place to come to. Lovely hand-made paper boxes, exam pads with beautiful prints, cards, etc. My absolute favs were a pair of exam-pads in orange and turqouise blue. One had a print of the eiffel tower while the other had the leaning tower of Pisa. And each cost Rs. 99/- only !!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>note the orange exam-pad with the leaning tower of Pisa, at the rear end of the 3rd shelf! </i></td></tr>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Address : - 21-22, Meharchand market, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Tel - 011-24657600 </span><i> </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>DesignTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381126261498441447noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895534544834751494.post-63129884656292015532010-11-19T11:35:00.000-08:002010-11-21T22:34:04.261-08:001469...preserving the panjab heritage.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the store signage that caught my eye</i></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">There are a few things i am passionate about. One of them definitely being appreciating good design and shopping. I even have friends regularly calling me up to ask,"Hey da! Where would i get a nice simple paper lamp shade? " or "any idea where i can get some good furniture?...And i would gladly rattle off a few store options.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">During my recent trip to the Delhi, the 'mecca' of shopping i got thinking on seeing a beautiful shop. I started feeling a desire to share my experience with my other friends. For the first time, i felt the urge to blog !! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">So here i am, at the start of my all-new blog-journey. Via this blog i hope to share my various shopping expeditions and help people add to our burgeoning economy :-) . Naturally, the subject of my first blog is this sweet little store that has inspired me to blog, a store that is very traditional, very indian and celebrates Punjab...<a href="http://www.1469workshop.com/">1469</a>, on Janpath road, Delhi.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUpVtUsNr0rl4DGS_gmKit0YrXEWCq3HVruSdS7EPm1cLsPwS0SgjHEWsNIFv0bTpXVUpdwUWSGOcE-ge9E_epjNRByxM7mDKfyqQeAgAXcQA6I_HF6coX_OcUKevga-mCWXiPeTEmE0/s1600/IMG_3476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The first thing that strikes you when you enter the store are the bright 'phulkari' work duppattas. Intrinsic to the daily wear of women in Punjab, Phulkari is an intricate form of emrboidery that is striking and not to mention colourful. 'Phul-kari' literally meaning 'flower-work' originated in Punjab, in India and Pakistan.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Everywhere you looked in the store, one saw hints of everyday life in Punjab. The traditional fans, <i>Parandhis</i>- the colourful tassles that women adorn their braided hair with, pans, colourful <i>Jhootis </i>, purses, bangles etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">It was a lovely one hour spent in the store. Amongst the scores of the Benettons and Zaras of the world, it is truly heartening to see stores like <a href="http://www.1469workshop.com/">1469 </a>that give you the goosebumps and make you feel proud to be an Indian. For the sake of our arts and crafts, I hope that this store does well...after-all it is stores like these that bring to us city-morons the fragrance of our earthy villages. Amen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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