A sari is a deceptively simple garment. It’s a rectangular-shaped piece of cloth six yards long. That’s it. No zippers, no buttons, no hooks, no straps. You wrap the fabric around yourself once, tuck ...

The sari debuted in the Indus Valley around 2800 B.C.E. Here in the 21st century, it’s undergoing “conceivably its most rapid reinvention in its 5,000-year history,” according to the Design Museum in ...

Divia Thani's Vogue essay about wearing saris in London and discovering that this, somehow, is now a political act belongs ...

An excerpt from 'The Sari Eternal' by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri narrates how the sari figures in the epics and literature.

In The Sari Eternal, Puri has used her pen, much like the shuttle on a loom, to intertwine the past, present and the unknown ...

Sari is a classic Indian outfit that can be worn by women of every age and size. A thing about the sari is that it looks elegant, sexy and traditional all at the same time. A lot of women sometimes go ...

I remember a wall of color. I am 4 or 5, walking with my parents into a Friday night gathering of Indian immigrant families in the suburbs of Boston. A group of aunties greets us at the door, and I am ...

My parents were married for more than 40 years, happily. But my mother says her greatest joy is stacked in her closet: her saris, or, as Bengalis say it, shaaris. "Because sari is my passion, maybe my ...

As Mehta explains, “Alia wears a custom ivory classic georgette sari with hand embroidery in shades of royal and ice blue, ...

A Tribute’ by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri explores the intimate, lifelong relationship between Indian women and the iconic six yards of cloth ...