Sari Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

Sari is our National dress for women
It's also a traditional dress
With brassiere, petticoat & blouse
It's comfortable, popular
It was women's dress in Harappan era too.
A sari is draped in many styles
Bengali, Odia, Gujrati, Rajastani, Marathi,
and many others …..
It's related to our cultural roots,
carrier of Alpine culture
Modern technology gave it a push
Now only Banarasi is available
In thousand variety with imitations
A sari is generally six yards long
But Marathi style needs a nine yard sari
It's draped in dhoti style, needs no petticoat
‘professional style' liked by elite class
It's the choice of Sonia Gandhi
Air India too adopted this style
For their air hostesses.

Hand decorated saris are very expensive
Recently Nita Ambani
Draped a hand decorated Chennai silk
Costing about 40 lakh
And made Guinness record
As costliest sari of the world
Bengali loves silk saris with red border
And pure cotton saris with fabric
Someone wears Dhakai muslin
That passes through a woman's ring
Sari is not a rectangular piece of cloth
Its body, pallu, border, fabric ….
Every part scientifically designed
Body is always made lighter than pallu
so women can wrap around the body
Easily and comfortably
Women who have great bodies..
flat bellys, slim waists
and curves in all the right places …
Look sensational in well draped saris.