MANILA, Philippines — Small neighborhood variety (sari-sari) stores in the Philippines recorded sales of more than P8 billion in 2023, more than 21 percent higher than the previous year’s tally of ...

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 ...

That a long, unstitched rectangular garment used to drape the female form for 5,000 years and worn every day by hundreds of millions of women from the Indian subcontinent flourishes as a fashion ...

MANILA, Philippines — A recent study has found that the year-on-year inflation rate for food items in sari-sari stores reached 15.62% in January 2023, 4.4% higher than the 11.2% official food ...

One of the most common mistakes in sari draping is having an uneven pallu length. The pallu, or the loose end of the sari, adds grace to the attire when properly draped. If you find that one end of ...

Malvika Singh is a writer, curator, cultural historian and the publisher of many books as well as the journal of ideas Seminar. Books she has authored include New Delhi: Making of a Capital, Delhi: ...

The sari, the most recognizable garment worn by women (and men) all across India, never really went away – but recently it's enjoying a strong and meaningful comeback. “It’s 5:30am,” says Kashyap, ...

With Donald Trump’s boycott, fears over Covid-19, the threat of armed protests and calls for violence following the siege of the Capitol, next week’s presidential inauguration is already set to be ...

“The Offbeat Sari” explores the influence and evolution of the traditional South Asian garment. By Phyllida Jay The sari, in essence, is a six- to nine-yard cloth draped freely around the body. But ...

I've always had a love-hate relationship with the sari. When I see an Indian woman wrapped in its silken cocoon, the elegant drape accentuating her neck, one end falling gracefully over her shoulder, ...

The word “sari” means “strip of cloth” in Sanskrit. But for the Indian women—and a few men—who have been wrapping themselves in silk, cotton, or linen for millennia, these swaths of fabric are more ...