Doctors & Sarees (DNS) Group is a group of women doctors who celebrate wearing saris in their own unique way with different events throughout the year. On August 6, DNS group celebrated National Handloom Day at the Town Hall in Calcutta. All members of the DNS group turned up wearing beautiful handloom saris. Each and every event hosted by the DNS group has a unique Sanskrit name and this recent one was named Swadesa Vasanam, which means 'walk in handloom'.
Members of the DNS group gathered at the heritage venue wearing beautiful grey handloom saris like Banarasi, Paithani, cotton, Baluchari, kantha and many more. The members were accompanied by their husbands, fathers or sons who also participated in the celebration by wearing grey kurtas. The event started with the lighting of the lamp, followed by a painting exhibition by the DNS members, a melodious song sequence by Ujjaini Mukherjee and lastly, a fashion show where all the beautiful women walked the ramp in beautiful handloom saris, accompanied by their male companions. t2 dropped in to capture the celebrations.
