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I remember in the beginning, the vegetable vendors daughter said, Madam, if you want my mom to fix your sari, she can do it. I was like, No, this is how I want to do it! Toward the end of my time in Delhi, I attended a Sari School workshop with Rta Kapur Chishti, a renowned textile scholar and a consultant on The Sari Series. In a cavernous room, packed with handwoven saris and silk and cotton samples, the flamboyant and sharp-tongued Chishti instructed me and my three classmates in various draping techniques: a style with pants and a cinched waist, a sort of strapless dress, another with back pleats and a flat front piece