Gifting a Swarnachari Saree to My Sister in Berlin

She moved to Berlin last year, and this was her first Durga Puja away. I surprised her with a Swarnachari saree from Dakshin Vastram. She video-called me in tears, draped in it. “Didi, it smells like pujo,” she whispered. That gold thread wasn’t just zari; it was our memories, those pandal-hopping days, and Ma’s bhog. Even from afar, Bengal found her.