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My Mother's Sari

The history of the sari and how items of clothing can symbolise loss, love and nostalgia.

Shahidha traces the story of the sari, explores how it feels to wear one and asks what it meant for women like her mother. She talks with a range of women, including broadcaster Mishal Husain and writer Monica Ali about their experiences. And she explores the powerful, painful, sometimes complicated relationships between mother and daughters, and discovers the unexpected ways in which clothing can be imprinted with feelings of nostalgia, love and loss, whichever background we come from.

(Photo: Indian ladies standing in a line wearing saris. Credit: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images)

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27 minutes

Last on

Mon 4 Jan 2016 06:32GMT

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 Dec 2015 00:32GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 2015 03:32GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 2015 05:32GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 2015 07:32GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 2015 18:32GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 2015 19:32GMT
  • Sat 2 Jan 2016 20:32GMT
  • Sun 3 Jan 2016 12:32GMT
  • Mon 4 Jan 2016 06:32GMT