Zari, the shimmering thread that adds richness to sarees and fabrics, is often faked with plastic or cheap metallic substitutes. Real zari is made of fine silver or gold threads and can last for ...
NEW DELHI: In the heart of Old Delhi, where the air once shimmered with the rhythm of zardozi needles and the glint of gold and silver threads, the age-old craft of salma-sitare is fading into the ...
Perched at the edge of his shop on C.P. Koil Street in Mylapore is A. Nazeer. Right above his head is a faded red sign which reads: ‘Old zari saris bought here'. This sign, in fact, hangs outside most ...