Sitting on the front porch of the house an old lady (about 70 years) twists threads around her finger all the while looping in a big plastic needle structure in the other. Children, big and small, move around her hardly paying heed to her work. All of a sudden a little one moves close to examine the speed at which the needle moved in and out of her fingers. Her eyes popping out she questions her, “Grandma, what is this and how do you do this?”
With her brows raised answered the old one, “This is a tattoo needle and I am weaving tiny flowers that can be affixed on your frock.” Taking her eyes of her threads she said, “I am glad that, of all the children who have come here to spend their holidays, you have noticed this handwork.”
Originally written for The Hindu, read more at https://www.thehindu.com/features/downtown/turning-rags-to-riches/article3411593.ece