My Mother's Sari
By Sandhya Rao
North-South Books, 2006

Review by Pooja Makhijani
From Kahani Winter 2007

A Timeless Garment
Originally published in India, journalist Sandhya Rao’s My Mother’s Sari (North-South Books, 2006) is a simple look at a colorful and complicated garment—the traditional sari. Children dance, climb, hide, wipe their noses, and sleep in the folds of their mother’s sari. Nina Sabnani’s captivating collages dramatically and unexpectedly combine photographs of saris with paintings of Indian children. The youngest readers will want to learn more about saris after reading this sparse book.