Then, what happened next?
She was accorded the most welcome during the Mughal times. And by the 19th century when she became the talk of the country by her sheer grace and elegance. In around 1910 the royal family of Gwalior Scindia recognized the potential of my beloved daughter and to preserve her unique qualities a training center established by them.
The surrounding architecture and old monuments have had played a very important role in inspiring my darling daughter and gradually started leaving their own impressions in her new developing designs. Her sheer skin ornamented with occasional, yet systematic extra weft zari yarn always made her stand out.
One of the most remarkable one that I remember is the Asharfi buti, which looks like a medallion, I think, is one of her most beautiful avatars. Yet my little girl, didn’t stop to experiment, she adapted and mixed several modern, contemporized motifs and designs to create a new version of Chanderi, a new avatar, everyday!