Team Guide: Poetry on my sleeve

The indie brand offers a variety of designs to pick from, including sweatshirts sporting Urdu calligraphy and T-shirts with verses from evergreen poems like Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s, Kab thahrega dard

At a time when bright, chunky graphics seem to have become the norm under the guise of ‘streetwear’, it was a pleasant surprise to spot the words of Urdu literature greats such as Jaun Eliya, Nida Fazli and Bashir Badr on T-shirts at Sukhnawar, an online store. When I got my hands on one, the fabric of the sweatshirt felt light and comfortable, a relief in Mumbai’s summery days. The indie brand offers a variety of designs to pick from, including sweatshirts sporting Urdu calligraphy and T-shirts with verses from evergreen poems like Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s, Kab thahrega dard. Now that’s something I’d like to see more of on the streets.

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