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Swadesa Vasanam was the National Handloom Day celebrations by the Doctors & Sarees Group, Calcutta

Members of the DNS group gathered at the heritage venue wearing beautiful grey handloom saris like Banarasi, Paithani, cotton, Baluchari, kantha and many more

Rohini Chakraborty Published 23.08.23, 09:33 AM
"Every event we do has a colour theme and for this event, we are wearing grey saris as the colour grey denotes neutrality, sophistication and solitude. After research, we chose this colour which goes very well with today's event. The Swadeshi Movement started right here in Town Hall in 1905 so we had to do this event right here. DNS has 700 members and all the women are very enthusiastic about wearing saris. This event today became more special as our doctor women are joined by their male companions for the celebrations today. This has never happened before as DNS is an all-women group. So it's pretty special today. I hope we will continue to do such beautiful and meaningful events and promote wearing saris and saris made by the local artisans of our country," said Dr Rupali Basu, chairperson of Doctors & Sarees group, Calcutta and CEO of Woodlands Multispecialty Hospital, who also wore a beautiful grey handloom sari with an artisan with a spinning wheel, embroidered in kantha, to support the local artisans.

"Every event we do has a colour theme and for this event, we are wearing grey saris as the colour grey denotes neutrality, sophistication and solitude. After research, we chose this colour which goes very well with today's event. The Swadeshi Movement started right here in Town Hall in 1905 so we had to do this event right here. DNS has 700 members and all the women are very enthusiastic about wearing saris. This event today became more special as our doctor women are joined by their male companions for the celebrations today. This has never happened before as DNS is an all-women group. So it's pretty special today. I hope we will continue to do such beautiful and meaningful events and promote wearing saris and saris made by the local artisans of our country," said Dr Rupali Basu, chairperson of Doctors & Sarees group, Calcutta and CEO of Woodlands Multispecialty Hospital, who also wore a beautiful grey handloom sari with an artisan with a spinning wheel, embroidered in kantha, to support the local artisans. Koushik Saha

Doctors & Sarees (DNS) Group is a group of women doctors who celebrate wearing saris in their own unique way with different events throughout the year. On August 6, DNS group celebrated National Handloom Day at the Town Hall in Calcutta. All members of the DNS group turned up wearing beautiful handloom saris. Each and every event hosted by the DNS group has a unique Sanskrit name and this recent one was named Swadesa Vasanam, which means 'walk in handloom'.

Members of the DNS group gathered at the heritage venue wearing beautiful grey handloom saris like Banarasi, Paithani, cotton, Baluchari, kantha and many more. The members were accompanied by their husbands, fathers or sons who also participated in the celebration by wearing grey kurtas. The event started with the lighting of the lamp, followed by a painting exhibition by the DNS members, a melodious song sequence by Ujjaini Mukherjee and lastly, a fashion show where all the beautiful women walked the ramp in beautiful handloom saris, accompanied by their male companions. t2 dropped in to capture the celebrations.

Members of DNS Group exhibited their paintings

Members of DNS Group exhibited their paintings

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