Photographing Himachali Jewellery: An extract from the diary of Rakshanda Thakur
February 16, 2016 Dear diary, Rani Haar from Chamba You know I’ve been running out of topics to talk to you about but today,I have something particular to share with you. Well, it’s hard to find a girl who isn’t fond of jewellery, I am no exception! I’m obsessed with jewellery, not merely for its beauty or value, but the sentiments people have attached to them. It might be a gift or a souvenir by a loved one, especially grandparents, which is priceless. And so, as you know, February was fun for me in SA because my weekly task was about catalogues, for which Shriya had provided us with the jewellery pieces of Jammu and Kangra. To my delight, the very next task was about jewellery again, but it was even better, because I had to work on regional jewellery of Upper Shimla, a task, which, for me, was synonymous with home. Of all the things we'd done in SA so far, it was this particular task that brought me closer to my roots. I ...