Sankranti Is About Respecting Nature

On the occasion of Makar Sankranti, fashion designer Shilpa Reddy sits down for an exclusive interview with CE where she passionately underscores the need to change our modern ways and embrace our roots

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have learned about it and seen the value and beauty in it. When I share it with people, I believe it will enhance their lives, empower them, and make them feel proud of our culture.

What do you like about our culture?

Ours is a very ancient culture – we have invested a lot of time and energy mentally, physically, and scientifically to decode universal truths that most countries have not understood even now. What we have is something that will benefit the entire world.

What made you take a turn towards sustainability and promote it?

I started talking about sustainability only to reset what we already have – this is something our grandmothers used to talk about and practice. ‘Sustaining’ means anything that can be prolonged as long as it is meant to be living or be relevant.

It’s just that the West coined the word sustainability in the recent past; they never used to live a sustainable life before and once they saw a lot of destruction, they realised they couldn’t continue that way for long. Unfortunately, the ideas we have borrowed from the West in the last 50 years have done a little bit of damage to our country.

Can you tell us the importance of Sankranti?