The Journey to How Six Yards Became My Power Outfit
Until recently, sarees were something I only wore at family functions like weddings or when the extended family insisted that I wear them at an event or function. To me, sarees are like a flowing, billowing costume from an era long gone and definitely not something that a businesswoman dealing with client calls, commuting on the metro and working late would wear on a regular basis. This all changed one day when I borrowed one of my mother's old handloom sarees for a day at work. I expected that my mother wore her saree for an ethnic day at work; I expected people to be looking at me and making negative comments about me wearing a saree to work, but that was not the case. Instead of receiving negative comments, I received the following; silent smiles from my older colleagues; Questions from younger colleagues regarding my saree; and a renewed sense of grounded confidence. Six yards of fabric connected me to the lineage of women who wore sarees when they went to classrooms, boardro...