DAY 497

This photo is from Saturday, so I'm cheating a bit, but I wanted to include a picture of this fantastic embroidered textile shop in Pharaganj (the one I tried to go to last weekend). This is Manu Bhai - he's been collecting textiles for 35 years from all over India and sells them here in this shop. I've bought several pieces from him, going back quite a few years. I still struggle slightly with the ethical issues that surround tribal textiles and handicrafts being sold and ultimately taken out of the country ... but looking through his collection is a real joy. Next time he has promised to show me his 'museum pieces for serious collectors'. He showed me one or two this time and they are incredible.