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by Manju Kapur · 2006

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When their traditional business - selling saris - is increasingly sidelined by the new fashion for jeans and stitched salwar kameez, the Banwari Lal family must adapt. But can it, when tensions at home are so strong?

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fashionfashionMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisSouth AsiaSouth AsiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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