My first novel, Ladies’ Tailor, published by Harper Collins India is available now.
Stories Behind the Story
Everyone knows that khadi is our freedom fabric. Gandhiji’s charkha woven, homespun, knobby fabric was a symbol of India and is now a fashionable summer staple for luxury brands like Good Earth.
Khadi is almost a character in Ladies’ Tailor. It is the base upon which Gurdev and his friends build their clothing business. But as a Facebook post by Good Earth announced, ‘Khadi is not just clothing, it is a transmission of artisans’ feelings.’ So is the case in this story.
There are two types of people in the world when it comes to homes. Those who will fashion a nest no matter how small, no matter how basic wherever they are and those who don’t particularly care.
In my novel, Ladies’ Tailor, I write about no fewer than one dozen homes, with descriptions and emotions that range from the poignancy of losing one’s home to a raging fire to the matter of factness of a family home in Jangpura that is just there.
For me, home is a special place, physical and spiritual. It is a place to rest, to revive the body and soul and to sink into peace and quiet.
Read Ladies’ Tailor to engage with a concept of home that changes as its characters transform their lives.
