Beauty on sale….

Sometimes, the sheer beauty of the wares on sale at pavement stalls stops one in one’s tracks…amongst the plastic and the tawdry stuff, sometimes one comes across some jewels.

Block printing

Those are woodcuts, meant to be used for either block-printing, or for making rangoli or mehendi…but except for the paisley patterns, each one is unique!

Each was five rupees…a pittance for such artistic work!

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Deepa Mohan is a freelance writer and avid naturalist.