Reads by Rang — Heirlooms

Over the years the zardozi, sequins and cut-dana on my Nani's sari weakened the fabric and it tore from several places. My mom asked me to get it restored. I went to several stores in Delhi, and even  Jaipur, but could not find any karigar brave enough to take on the intense and arduous task of restoring this sari. A few months ago I was researching 'Sari restoring...' on Google and Instagram and chanced upon Rangriwaaz. I read their blogs, looked at the pics of saris they'd restored and decided to check them out.

Here we talk of a daughter-in-law inheriting her mother-in-law’s Wedding Saree and the journey of how she trusted us to restore it for her. Wedding sarees hold a great significance for every bride, be it in the very traditional Indian context or a very modern millennial concept as its symbol of your love, joy and commitment.

Thanks to the revolution social media has brought, the businesses are never closed even on holidays and actually it is on such days you come across your most interesting and memorable assignments. We usually keep off on Sundays and it was on a Sunday afternoon that I got this message on Whatsapp "Hi...Do you transfer Banarasi Sarees?"....to which my prompt response was "yes, we do transfer Banarasi Sarees". The person, I say person as the DP(display picture) on whatsapp was a Glass painting, on the other side was looking to get an old Banarasi Saree transferred on to an exactly similar Banarasi...