Thanks to the #100sareepact, I’ve had the good fortune to be friends with women from different walks of life. Women of different ages, different professions, from different countries. I may never have met them were it not for our common passion for sarees and story telling. I came to Instagram quite late, and when I arrived there I saw many, many profiles of women showcasing their sarees. The phenomena of the #100sareepact has given rise to varied avenues of recognition. Some women were showcasing their work with weaver clusters, some were selling sarees, some were modelling for saree vendors, some wearing their sarees and telling their life stories. I felt like a proud matriarch seeing this hectic activity in the ecosystem and marketplace of Instagram. The saree was front and centre on Instagram on handles of women belonging to the Indian diaspora. While I have a more quiet presence on Instagram, I follow authentic voices on the platform. I’m drawn to content and story telling and Sumitra Selvaraj was building opinion, building awareness and engagement and most of her posts make me chuckle, there’s always dry wit on display. We jumped out of social media and met in person last year and safe to say we’re not letting go of this friendship and mutual respect we have for each other. Here is @sareesandstories talking to me about her saree stories. #everysareehasastory #weareallconnected #wewearourhistory #tellmeyourstory #gratitude