A feature from the book, 'Indian Saris: Traditions - Perspectives - Design' in 'Maharashtra Ahead' : Part-3

Times of India - Chennai Times: Sari State of Affairs

Ms Kaur appreciates 'Indian Saris'

Valuable words of encouragement and a moment of joy that needs to be shared with everyone now. Ms Gursharan Kaur, in her inspiring message sent to Wisdom Tree, has appreciated the book, 'Indian Saris: Traditions - Perspectives - Design', and sends her best wishes for its success. Ms Kaur is the wife of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

She writes, "I found the book to be really beautiful in design and deep in content. My best wishes on the exquisite piece of work."

The Financial Express - making a business sense of Indian Saris

To read this review, click on the link through title of this post.

Design Explorations for Cover Jacket

A number of design options for cover jacket of 'Indian Saris: Traditions - Perspectives - Design' were explored before arriving at the final one. It was quite a creative effort designing the layout of this book as we aspired it to be visually delighting for the readers. Designing the cover that could satisfy both Shobit Arya, the publisher and me was the process that led to so many explorations. Special photograhy sessions were also organised just to shoot the pictures for cover. Some of the earlier layouts of the cover are shown above.

Further Updates - Emerging Directions

The occassion of international launch of the book, 'Indian Saris: Traditions - Perspectives - Design' and the panel discussion has certainly been a great exciting event. The chief guest, experts on the panel discussion and the deligates dwelved into engaging interaction and dialogue. Many innovative ideas and possibilities came up and will require collaborative efforts from the design and art fraternity from UK and India. Our next two days at the London Book Fair 2009 were as rewarding with most people we met taking keen interest in the publication and related ties with India. Together we should be able to carry most of it forward through many forms of engagements with the Indian handlooms and handicrafts. Over coming few weeks, we promise to provide more updates, details and insights to you through this blog. So keep looking forward to it! We -- NID, The Nehru Centre and Wisdom Tree -- offer a big thanks for all your support in making the event a big success.