The Saree I Wore for Diwali Zoom Call – Because Ma Was Watching

Diwali in London is cold.

Not because of the weather — but because ma isn’t around to warm the house with her oil lamps and halwa smell.

This year, like every year since I moved abroad, we did a family Zoom call.

Maa, baba, cousins — all in Kolkata, laughing, lighting diyas.

And me, staring through a screen, trying not to cry.

But this year, I did something different.

I wore a Dakshin Vastram pure silk saree — bottle green, gold border, just like the one maa had gifted me before I left.

The moment I appeared on screen, ma gasped.

“O maa! You’re wearing that saree? You look just like I imagined.”

For 10 minutes, she forgot I wasn’t there.

She told baba, “Look at her! My daughter still remembers our traditions.”

And I? I felt wrapped in love — six yards of emotion, memory, and celebration.

Because sometimes, a saree is more than a saree.

It’s a connection — to people, to places, to a past we never want to lose.

This Diwali, wear what your maa wants to see.

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