Celebrating the Journey of Handloom Sarees: An Immigrant Woman’s Tale

I am an immigrant woman, here in Canada. And I love that badge… On the 7th of August every year, I always find so many thoughts racing through my mind as I grapple with the thought of ‘Saree Love’ coupled with ‘Handloom Love’ on this day. So here goes my Handloom Saree Journey as an immigrant woman here in Toronto, Canada.

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DADI’S POTLI ARJUN- ARJUN ARRIVES

I am beyond thrilled and supremely excited to announce that our first grandchild ARJUN arrived early this morning on the auspicious day of Lohri. We are completely Blissed out, Arjun is the first grandchild to the Dases and Guptas, What a brand new feeling of happiness this is! With Arjun, a new set of parents are born and two new sets of grandparents are born. For years, many who had already become grandparents before me told me of the joy, sheer delight and eager anticipation being a grandparent can bring. Let me tell you, they were all so wrong...

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