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Quotes About Sari

In 'Bhale Manchi Roju' I had to wear a sari and dance, with make up and styling as a bride.
~ Wamiqa Gabbi
I can't wear a sari to save my life. So when I'm designing them, I know what I want: it definitely has to be lightweight and have pockets - girls have a lot to carry around, let's face it.
~ Masaba Gupta
I am still attached to my wedding sari and preserve it with care. There are so many little things I have kept as loving mementos of my father and mother.
~ Hema Malini
I love the half sari. It's very, very feminine and at the same time, has the look of a sari.
~ Sameera Reddy
Y es que acababa de ver emerger del remolino de las nubes la figura de una seductora mujer de cierta edad, con sari de brocado verde y oro, brillante en la nariz y moño alto perfectamente defendido por la laca contra la presión del viento de las alturas, que viajaba cómodamente sentada en alfombra volante.
~ Salman Rushdie
People all over the globe love to see women in a sari. I always love to be draped in one as well.
~ Dia Mirza
Svetlana entered wholeheartedly into Indian life, wearing a sari and eating the family's vegetarian food. She walked about the village and visited with Brajesh's old friends, but she had no illusions about the complexities and compromises of life in India. She found the caste system, with its seemingly ineradicable rules, disturbing.
~ Rosemary Sullivan
I took a deep breath, inhaling the musty scent of unbrushed velvet and candle wax. So the room was blood red, dark, and scary. I was here to get yelled at and maybe fired by a hooker in a sari, not sacrificed to Satan on a stone altar. p.250
~ Sarah Katherine Lewis
I met Rubina at a friend's house during Ganpati. I checked her out as she looked resplendent in a sari. You generally see girls in western clothes and then you get to see that someone can look so stunning in a sari as well. So I saw her and I was like, wow she's beautiful.
~ Abhinav Shukla
The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel path between manicured lawns. She would have in tow one or two slower-footed, sari-clad young Indian nuns. We thought her a freak. Probably we'd picked up on unvoiced opinions of our Loreto nuns.
~ Bharati Mukherjee
I glanced at the sari lying on the rock where I had thrown it and I knew that I would never enter the girls' world again.
~ Shyam Selvadurai
I never imagined I would wear a silk sari as I practice Ahimsa.
~ Amala Akkineni
As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.
~ Simon Beaufoy
The sari's rose-pink border was fringed with a layer of mud. Patches of sweat darkened the underarms of her choli. Trust Ma to dress inappropriately for every occasion or activity.
~ Monica Ali
In Bangladesh a prostitute normally wouldn't even undress for a man. He pays, she pulls up her sari, and he's done in 20 seconds.
~ Michael Glawogger
The craze for the 'taant er sari,' terracotta pottery or Bengal jewellery will never wane because Bengal portrays unparalleled diversity.
~ Sharmila Tagore
Back then, eating was also a means of beautification, since the more aloo tikki and murukku you consumed, the more likely you'd reach a voluptuousness akin to an American size ten or twelve, required for looking good in a sari.
~ Padma Lakshmi
Und dann war da die Frau, der ein Löwe den Sari auszog. Sie drehte sich wie ein Jojo, denn dem tödlichen Ende zog sie die tödliche Schande dann doch vor. [...] Verletzt wurde sie nicht; zahlreiche Männer eilten begeistert zu Hilfe.
~ Yann Martel
I enjoy the sari. I think it's the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it's extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.
~ Vidya Balan
I appreciate art in any form. So it applies to clothes as well. On stage, I think people prefer me in Indian outfits... in fact, it goes with the kind of songs I sing as well. Indianness in the form of a sari, or a chaniya choli or jeans with something interesting, matches my style of singing.
~ Shreya Ghoshal
Wearing the sari, adhering to the parda system and all those things are really taxing. After wearing a woman's attire, I came to understand what they go through daily.
~ Vishwajeet Pradhan
The elegance of a sari or the flirtiness of a lehenga is matchless.
~ Ileana D'Cruz
I was dreaming of wearing a sari and dancing like Madhuri Dixit. I also used to dream of working with Shah Rukh Khan. I did nothing to make it happen. I only dreamed and believed in my dreams.
~ Mahira Khan