On a recent afternoon, Pooja Salva put a black georgette sari in her bag and set out from her home in Mumbai. The 25-year-old engineer was on her way to learn how to tie a sari, a skill that her ...

Tying the waist cord of the saree underskirt tightly may lead to what has been dubbed as “petticoat cancer”, doctors warn in a new study. The research, published on Tuesday in the journal BMJ Case ...

There’s a special kind of alchemy in a saree. Six to nine yards of fabric transform, through a few deft tucks and pleats, into something graceful, practical, and wildly individual. Across India, ...