Carefully, Rajini Sarma Balachandran unfolds a lustrous fawn-coloured silk sari with beautiful red, yellow and green bird motifs woven using the intricate adai technique. She displays another creation with pink pinstripes on pristine white and talks passionately about how a traditional silk sari can be updated for the boardroom. Her son Siddharth Kashi, who looks on lovingly at the silk showcase, opens out a ‘mixed media’ piece on a low-slung table. This one, an inventive blend of Tussar and Kanjivaram weave, reflects a painterly approach to colour and texture. At Jari: The Sari Studio in Chennai, newness is a norm and culture a recurring thread in the multi-metre narrative on...
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