Hi friends! i want to share a heart warming experience with u all.
i stay in bangalore and being the mother of a toddler find it very difficult to manage wearing our traditional dress while carrying him.But a couple of months back,i read a write up of Sashi Tharoor wherein he expressed dismay at our fast fading saree clad generation replaced by the new generation wearing more convenient clothes, like salwar kameez,western clothes. The write up initiated mixed response but to me it was a wake up call.i tried to remember the last time i had donned a saree or our very own mekhela chaddar.Abashed....i could not recollect. So, i made a decision that even if not often, i'll definitely wear saree or mekhela chaddars to formal occasions. As soon as i did,our traditional dress evoked such a response that it left me overwhelmed. Almost all the ladies,i know want me to get them our traditional dress and they want to learn how to wear it.It is moments like this which makes you feel special to be born an assamese. Roselin Hazarika
