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Jewellery designer Mrinalini Chandra talks about baubles and more
What are the materials you use for jewellery making?
We make our own alloy, essentially 92.5 % silver and then we mix it with different kinds of metals, sometimes copper, brass and other metals. I hail from Lucknow, and there we have something called Ashtadhatu (which we use in our designs), it is an alloy made with seven metals and is known to be extremely good for the skin.
With my jewellery, I try to incorporate as much recycling as we can. This way, we are not contributing to any metal waste and that is one of the main principles that my entire brand ideology stands with. Everything that I do is extremely eco-friendly. We do not do any kind of casting so we don't contribute to any plastic waste. All pieces are handmade and everything is hand-cut, that's why we take time to create our pieces.
Tell us about your latest collection and inspiration behind it?
My latest collection is inspired by Istanbul. I have not been to Turkey but I have seen so many beautiful pictures. I have also been inspired by Turkish poets. I just imagined a story where a poet falls in love with a carpet seller's daughter and just imagine how beautiful it would be. When he sees her for the first time amidst all the colour and all the beautiful Turkish pottery and it would just take his breath away, so that was the whole idea behind this collection.
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When 26-year-old Harkeerat began planning her Anand Karaj ceremony (Sikh wedding) in a Gurdwara nestled in Punjab's Doaba region, her vision veered toward authenticity over theatrics. She opted for a zari-gotta salwar kameez, its intricate craftsmanship singing of Punjabi heritage, paired with a phulkari chunni lovingly sourced from Patiala. “I knew what I was looking for,” she said. “My inspiration was my mother’s wedding trousseau—the old-style zari-gotta suit with heavily embellished dupattas.” Every element, from her jewelry to the ceremonial outfit, was a deliberate embrace of tradition—a quiet rebellion against the Bollywood-led tyranny of oversized lehengas and garish bridal tropes.
Curating her dream wedding look wasn’t without its challenges, and Harkeerat’s biggest struggle was finding kaliras that resonated with her call for authenticity. “I splurged from market to market, but everywhere I went, I saw metal kaliras with stones—pretty, but not what I was looking for,” she admitted. Her vision? Kaliras made of puffed riceand coconut shells, just like the ones she remembered from her massi’s wedding photographs from the early 1980s.
Mrinalini (Bose) Devi (1887 - 1918)
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Biography
Mrinalini Bose, the daughter of Bhupal Chandra Bose, was born in Eden Hospital Street (or Lane), Calcutta, Bengal, India. on 6 March 1887.
She was the first born of her father's children, and "spent her early childhood in Calcutta. She was at first educated under a private teacher, and soon after her father’s transfer to Shillong, she was sent down to Calcutta and lived as a boarder for nearly three years at the Brahmo Girls’ School until the time of her marriage", when she was only 14 years and 1 month old (ref.1).
There are several versions of Mrinalini's life, which ended on 17 December 1918 after she contracted influenza, which swept over India, aged 31, with long periods apart from her husband, entirely by his determination, and without having any children. Her father's reminiscences simply mention that "Sri Aurobindo first met Mrinalini at the house of her uncle Sj. Girish Chandra Bose in Calcutta in the course of his search for a mate to share his life, and chose her at first sight as his destined wife. Their marriage took place shortly afterwards in April 1901" (ref.1). Dr Kavita Sharma has that "they met through an advertisement that Sri Aurobindo put into the newspaper indicating his desire to marry a Hindu girl according to Hindu rites".
Although Sri Aurobindo's family were Brahmos, and Mrinalini had attended a Brahmo school and she did lean more towards the Hindus, his family did not attend the marriage as he not only insisted that it be a Hindu ceremony but also that Mrinalini "live