Aparna Sen

This year Kanishka’s has completed forty years of its existence. It never ceases to amaze me how it has managed to maintain a consistent standard of excellence over all these years!
My association with Kanishka’s has been a long one. When I first discovered this sari shop tucked away in Hindustan Road, it was a revelation. Gone were the days of desperately running around from shop to shop trying to find a sari to suit your taste. Here was the perfect store for the busy workingwoman! A whole range of saris from all over India had already been handpicked by two wonderful individuals with impeccable taste – Nandita & Dilip Raja, the owners of Kanishka’s – and you just had to take your pick. It was rarely ever that I dropped in at Kanishka’s and came out without picking up a sari; on the contrary, I invariably ended up buying far too many! But it has always been a singular pleasure shopping at Kanishka’s…browsing for saris, now even for kurtas for my husband, western ensembles for my daughters, durries for our home, with the added incentive of chatting with Nandita and Dilip-da who have become good friends, if they happen to be in! My heartiest congratulations to them both, and to Prateek and his wife, on Kanishka’s fortieth birthday! May Kanishka’s continue to flourish for many, many more years!

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