“He may be illiterate, because he does not know the mechanical jaunts of maths from a school boys point. But he is definitely performing the mathematical equation on the loom in colors.” As told to me by a relative whose ancestors were weavers.
Read this at Daily Star : Poetry in Thread: The Jamdani of Dhaka
Ghungat = covering your head with the sari.
ghupshap = chit chat.
In the rural villages in india, some still go to the nearby river to wash their clothes. Among other chores of the day, washing at the river enables socialization for women .Year after Year, on most days they meet at the same spot.
image credits Royal Enfield
image credits Indiafullbright
Read: Indian Adventures with Milk by odzer – the rural and the urban perspective.
Amir Mukhtar Mughal posts an image here
image credits:the last wanderers by randhawa.
chaas =butter milk /lassi.
I searched through flicker to find a befitting picture to depict how the sport cricket is weaved into indian lives. satish vijaykumar of www.bombaylives.com gladly shares this picture. Thank You Satish.
Indian Yarn 