These young women in Assam, probably college students, are doing military exercises in their everyday sarees. The mostly white and light coloured sarees seem incongruous, since this 1962 home guard group is drilling to resist the encroaching Red Chinese. Note the dark sweater worn over the saree and a striped blouse that looks like a knit, on the two right front girls. On the left, the tall woman has wrapped her pallu end into a tight belt around her waist, while others have just tucked in one corner. So serious and brave….
It has now been an entire year since I started weekly posts of earlier sarees at Sunny’s invitation. Though I live near Dallas, Texas, I love saree history and have learned so much in the past 12 months! My “saree dream” is to visit many regions of India in the near future. Thanks for participating, as all blog-readers’ comments and insights are greatly appreciated.
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Wow, what a time in Hindustani history. To have a war lilterally at ones doorstep, such an abstract notion to one living in America.
The vintage posts are terrific. I truly appreciate checking out all the old photos and postcard images you present. They offer a fabulous taste of both saree and Indian history, always giving me pause to wonder how the lives of those in the images turned out.
Bahut accha laga–bahut shukriya!
May I second jondotcom’s comments?
The saris are always fascinating and the images are always thought-provoking, even if sometimes the thoughts they provoke are sad.