She wore the best from her wardrobe that night. The Manish Malhotra lacy sari with gold brocade detailing on the blouse, brought out the bronze in her skin so that she looked like an Aztec goddess. There were Swarovski’s on her feet and pure Temple jewelry on her ears, but that heavy Ganesha pendant stole the show, and look how neatly it sat in her clavicle. Perfection! Nothing but the best of the brands to show the kitty party women. She wouldn’t be caught dead in a cheap rip off!
When she entered the party hall with her fifth Hermes swinging in the crook of her arm, her kohled eyes nearly fell out of their sockets. Mrs. M, the cheapskate of the group, welcomed her with an unmistakably supercilious sneer on her face, “Aah, D, you look so ravishing in that Sari ‘too’. Did you four shop together?”
There were three others in the party wearing the same Saris. What a ripoff!
Copyright ยฉ2017 Pradita Kapahi.
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M and D ne same clothes lagaye the kya
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No, the four women M was talking about, including D, were wearing the same sari.
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Samja mai fir
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Pradita, my wife is wary of these branded ones as she finds a few others sporting the exclusives.
Interesting piece, well written
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Same here Sir. Some people are crazy about them, some are not. I’m the latter. And I like it that way ๐ Thank you for the compliment ๐
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Always the best ๐
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Got Totally confused!!
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Haha. The woman, D, may have been wearing an original, but there were 3 others in the party who wore imitations of the same Sari. So everyone thought that D was also wearing a fake.
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He he , lady bechari, sari mehnat bekar gayi ๐๐
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Yep. Thank you for pointing that out. Since then I’ve edited the story so everyone can understand
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Always welcome Pradita ๐๐๐๐
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Thank you ๐ ๐ ๐
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Looks like you’re doing free promo of brands, Pradita! …LOL!
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๐ ๐ I hope the brands notice and give me business… I’ll even give them a discount ๐
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ha ha! you have tough competition. Lot’s of bloggers in the line..already! ๐
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I know… How sad… I would have given them lots of discount ๐คฃ
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Try try… undercut them! ๐
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Yikes! I wonder who had the reddest face ๐ Probably me – I rarely attend weddings and once it happened that there were two weddings in the campus (i.e same crowd) and I wore the same sari (I forgot) but somebody reminded me very gently – I told you before also this color really suits you. It was so subtle and sweet that it took me a few weeks to decode ๐ ๐ ๐
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๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐. That’s an interesting tale. It’s a good thing your friend wasn’t blunt or downright mean liek Mrs. D here. Btw, how was Durga Pooja?
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Great! But terribly hot and hectic. Just beginning to recover๐
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Hot and hectic… Heck yeah. How can India not be like that during the festive season. ๐๐๐
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Nice. But the positive way of looking at it is, one’s choice is liked by the many others too and getting to meet the like minded. They could cheer it up with a group photo maybe. ๐
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If only those ladies could keep their jealousies aside….
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Well written, Pradita. It brought a smile on my face ๐
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Thanks a lot Vasu ๐
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Many years ago, my daughter picked out her special dress for the high school prom. Mother spent hours helping to get her ready, but it turned out that someone else at the dance had the same dress. There were a lot of tears that night.
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I feel so sorry for your daughter. But this is what mass production does to you. There’s no time nor any appreciation for handcrafted and handmade. U’ve had several instances when what I’m wearing is also what someone else is wearing. Sucks everytime ๐
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Ha! Great story, I enj oyed it .Thanks
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Thanks a lot for reading and commenting ๐
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Haha. This is where the WordPress ‘like’ button needs the funny face like Facebook does. Great little flash fiction.
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Aw! Thanks a lot. Ever had a similar experience?
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I am not a brand concious and I am proud of it.
Amazing story and beautiful description.
Enigma
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Thanks a lot. We have something similar for sure ๐ ๐
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hahaha girliyappa thing happened!
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Totally! โ๏ธ๐
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