I have been inspired by the story of Uzramma and Malkha India, both as consumer and maker. During pandemic, while Malkha India was supporting the cause of many artisans struggling to keep afloat the rising tides of Covid 19 situation, my family decided that we should purchase Malkha products for our personal use in support of this initiative. While we went through their online catalogue to see what we all could buy for ourselves, my heart felt an expansion and I instantly felt a wish to include MALKHA India as a homage in Mora 2021.

This year you will feel the presence of Malkha and how many various ways I have tried to use it with the designs. This particular textile with birds of Malkha was not in my intention to buy, but came as a replacement for some other print I had ordered but was out of stock. When I received this print, it was a very beautiful light hearted representation of birds in textile.

I felt gratitude holding that piece of textile craft made with generosity and creativity and immediately decided I want to make a dupatta with these beautiful birds of Malkha. I combined this dupatta with many pleated kalidaar made with Mangalgiri fabric with ikat borders. The Kalidaar belt has an old criss cross contrast colour stitch which was a usual embellishment in the olden Kalidaars worn by my family.