Earlier, when I’d hear about ladies of entire (fauji) units
wearing the exact same sari, I’d roll my eyes and wonder why anyone would want
to turn up in the same thing? I mean, why 'uniformalize' the sari for a party, even a super special party? (Ah! do wait...the gorgeous photos will change your mind.)
Says Anagha Kulkarni, “This pic is from April 2013, from the Golden jubilee celebrations of 28sqn The First Supersonics at Jamnagar. When we ladies had to decide on a saree for the mega celebration it was but obvious that we chose the Bandhani of Gujarat.”
Thank you Anagha, Prabhjot, Harpriya and Meghna for sharing these lovely photos with us!
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Over the years, I’ve seen ladies of units place an order for
and dress in saris for official occasion that represent
their unit colors (example: red & gold, or blue & white, black &
gold), and the impact has been stunning. Instead of blending in, ladies decked
up in that same shade of sari, stand out and proudly so. Wearing the same sari
on a planned date generally takes place when there is something momentous
happening for that particular unit – like a Raising Day function or a jubilee
celebration, or sometimes even when the ladies are hosting a Ladies Club event
(monthly evening get-togethers hosted by ladies of a particular unit and often
with a theme).
Today, thanks to my fauji lady friends, I’m sharing some of
their photographs.
Says Anagha Kulkarni, “This pic is from April 2013, from the Golden jubilee celebrations of 28sqn The First Supersonics at Jamnagar. When we ladies had to decide on a saree for the mega celebration it was but obvious that we chose the Bandhani of Gujarat.”
Here’s another one that Anagha sent and I personally LOVE the saris in this one.
She explains, “This picture is from May 2011. The ladies of
the erstwhile Suryakiran squadron wore a deep red Crepe saree for the social
evening hosted for the station on the occasion of the team disbanding. It truly
was an emotional occasion, we chose the red for obvious reasons as the color of
the Team.”
Explains Prabhjot Kour, “The Blue saree was in ladies club
of our squadron...Pearls n Chiffon theme, while the Black Chanderi saree is for
Graduation ceremony at TACDE.”
Harpriya Bains:
“This is a picture of our unit's Platinum jubilee function at Jammu where my
husband was commanding. My husband is in the Corps of Signals and our corps colors
are dark blue and green similar to the shades in this saree. I already happened
to have this saree in my collection. It’s a pure chiffon dyed saree from
Jodhpur in shades of peacock. When I showed it to my ladies and asked them if
they would like to wear the same, they loved it and were excited at the idea.
So we contacted the Jodhpur saree shop and placed a special order for 8 sarees
in the same shade. The saree looked so stunning!
Then not only did we
get tons of compliments but also requests from our guests to get them the same
saree and we landed up ordering 13 more sarees
after the event!!! Was fun and a great experience... we all have wonderful
memories attached to this saree.”
Meghna Kohli Vachher tells us about their Corps Day Sarees:
“The sarees you can see us wearing here were specially made
for our corps re-union. Blue and yellow being our corps color are very
thoughtfully embodied on crepe fabric. There are peacocks printed on the pallu.
These sarees were designed by our first lady with the help of a designer.”
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