The Art of Decluttering: Ancient Practices for Modern Living
[Penguin Random House & Ebury Press]
Revive ancient Indian rituals to declutter emotionally and heal the gap between your home, your body, and your wardrobe. A journey through nostalgia, retellings, and the art of letting go—but only what is needed—with love.
A unique reminder of why we still value our grandmothers’ voices in our heads
— Mini Mathur [TV Host I Actor I Certified Women's Health Coach (USA) I Founder @pauseitive.in]
Explore and apply the chapters in and to your imperfect gaps, too, more than in and to your perfect whole. In simple words, this non-fiction is meant to be read with your heart.
— Chapter 1
‘Who put seeds in my pillow?’ Bagging mustard seeds to make sorshe baalish takes ego down a notch
— Chapter 4
‘Can you breathe in this sari?’ Wrapping an unstitched piece of cloth as kacchakattu cheera liberates constriction
— Chapter 6
‘Aiyyoh! Why wear torn clothes?’ Mending or tearing clothes using soodhi dharam repairs ‘dishonour’
— Chapter 7
‘Can this gummy incense calm my nerves?’ Burning chunks of resin with herbs or jhuna slowly soothes restlessness
— Chapter 8
‘Why are you stitching flawlessly, alone?’ Stitching collectively while sealing memories on kantha rids fear of imperfection
“I am glad Amma did not nurture or breathe taboos. She did not let them grow like mould on us as kids. She, as a creature of a society, quietly weeded and sponged them for us when needed, but let them live and grow around her.”
The Ebook
The Wardrobe Within: Journey Into Fashion Via Spirituality
[Slow Fashion Global]
A wardrobe is not just a collection of clothes. It is the quiet archive of our lives, storing fragments of memory, belonging, and identity. Within each piece lies a story waiting to be rediscovered—a map stitched from cloth, ritual, and emotion. In this downloadable guide, authored for Slow Fashion Global, using my book’s chapters as a foundation, I explore how to navigate your existing closet as a landscape of self-discovery. It is an invitation to look at what you already own with new eyes and to treat the act of dressing as a grounding, somatic practice.
For the readers. Essays on identity, transition, and the stories of what and why we ‘wear’ fashion. No hacks, no noise—just honest observations and reflections on people, products, and processes for looking good, feeling better, and being you.
