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Choti badi Machliyaan which translates to ‘small and big fishes’ is how Santosh describes her rug. A few days ago, she went to visit Narayani Mata temple with her family where she was bathing in a pond which had many fishes. She came back and wove her Manchaha taking it as an inspiration. She has even included swaying plants as they do under water. Santosh carefully picked a dull green base color so that the color of flowers could emerge even more.

Ghera means circle, and this Manchaha is an experiment birthed in the young mind of Chaina. The deep message this carpet carries is that; life is a circle. When you unfold the carpet you see layers within, some dark shades and many light rays. Chaina tries to draw a path at the bottom of the rug which shows the way to exit this maze. The deep thought that shows the message with a circular array, is the beauty of simple shapes in a lot of ways. Let this circular plank welcome the world, at your house.

While weaving this rug, Santosh’s home was in construction and labourers were laying bricks for the walls. She noticed that all the bricks have the same reddish colour and started wondering why aren’t they all of different colours instead. That is why she has spilled her imagination onto the rug and woven colourful bricks in the same, which is what ‘rang birange eet’ means.