Remember Garden Vareli prints? So gorgeous, the colours! (Thought of them because sometimes these nature photos on my TL make me think of their prints. So nature-evocative.)
Now looking at old saree ads. The colours! The prints!
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Amma loved these Vareli prints (low-maintenance; perfect for a working woman) and so many of my childhood memories involve these colours as a beacon of comfort and familiarity. There was this green and yellow poppy-print saree that I LOVED and hoped I& #39;d wear when I grew up, and