Lalita Iyer

 HECTIC DAYS...... Returned from a ten-day holiday to Masai Mara and Dubai, wild jungle to concrete jungle, so to speak. Returned to several rounds of washing. Must learn to pack less most definitely. And carry less luggage. I am planning to do that in real life too, starting with my hair, cutting it so short that sometimes the scissors just snip at the air. It is difficult to give up things, but koshish jaari hai..... Even as settling down was happening, there was a workshop I had to attend. A much planned event, it was a workshop with Creative Bee. The founders of this beautiful place are Bina Rao, the head of design and her husband Keshav Rao, the dye master. Together they design for various labels, keeping their principle intact of producing handmade textiles with the help of their rural partners including hundreds of women. In this direction they also conduct a lot of rural training programmes, teaching the populace about their eco-friendly production processes. And this is pr...