What the sari said
THE WEEK India|October 23, 2022
What a delight it was to see Congress leader Sonia Gandhi join her son Rahul for the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' Rahul was in Mandya district of the BJP-governed Karnataka on the 27th day of his padyatra across India.
NAMRATA ZAKARIA
What the sari said

His inter-state walk and his daily photo updates with youth and students from across the south, have captured the nation's attention. But his mother showing up the only Indian politician to have ever refused prime ministership-was a golden moment. More so, since Sonia Gandhi was seen in public after a long hiatus because of her ill-health. Also because she showed up in her favourite ikat sari the telia rumal. 

The telia rumal is truly an unusual fabric, one that pops up only in textile history books. The yarn is first treated with oil, then using the ikat tradition (binding), it is dyed with vegetable colours, usually in reds, black and white. It is the only technique in which the yarn is dyed before it is woven into the fabric. The bindings are altered to create patterns, and the process is repeated multiple times. It is obviously labour-intensive, as getting the patterns to look neat in pre-dyed yarn is hard. The nizams of Hyderabad were great patrons of the telia rumal.

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