Interaction for Six yards and 365 Days -Ms. Sunita Budhiraja

Ms. Sunita Bhudhiraja a renowned author, poet and entrepreneur. Ms. Budhiraja has been involved in promoting and reviving the dyeing tradition of weaving through her facebook page- SixYardsAnd365Days. Related to this, Ms. Budhiraja will be participating in an exhibition organized by Vasutra on 6th October to 8th October, 2019 in Mumbai.

Vasutra's is holding an exhibition " Remembering the princess " to celebrate Maharani Gayatri Devi Ji's centenary year. Maharani Gayatri Devi will always be remembered for her extraordinary life. From being an iconic symbol of royalty to challenging unfair traditions for women.

Exhibition will be showcasing weaving and dyeing tradition, rare revival textiles, home decor, jewellery and accessories. Vasutra Is dedicated to the artistic wizardry of the craftspeople from Asia who spend long days weaving beautiful textiles. The Exhibition is all about showcasing a unique experience that’s   how the Indian craftsmen and designers uses a variety of technique and combinations to create beautiful textile from block prints to weaving to tie and dye embroidery.

Please find below the topic for your reference-

·         Importance of Sarees in life of Indian Women

·         How Social media can help in promotion of Handlooms

·         Amazing beauty and diversity of Indian handloom fabrics

·         Kinds and Variety of Indian Handloom

·         Revival of Indian Handloom

About Sunita Budhiraja-

Ms. Sunita Budhiraja is an author, poet and entrepreneur, and communications professional with an experience of 40 years. She created a Facebook group named SixYardsAnd365Days where woman from across the world participate and post pictures. The virtual campaign has not only gathered a lot of momentum but has already crossed 30,000 members, many of whom religiously wear their hand woven sarees with pride, buy hand-woven sarees, have their photographs clicked in the saree almost every day and post it on the Facebook page of this group. And the number is growing.

Sunita Budhiraja is a renowned Hindi poet and author with 11 books to her credit. She has authored the biography of Pt. Jasraj titled "Rasraj Pandit Jasraj.   Apart from "Rasraj- Pandit Jasraj", other works from her pen are "SaatSuron ke Beech" that consists of informal and personal long interviews with legends of Indian music – UstadBismillah Khan, Pt. KishanMaharaj, Pt. Jasraj, Dr M Balamuralikrishna, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. BirjuMaharaj and Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia along with "PrashnaPaanchali”, "AadhiDhoop", "Anuttar" and "Tees ka Safar" to name a few.  She has also edited Coffee Table books about Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh. Her works have been translated in English, Rumanian and Telugu.