Ananya Sharma
South Indian, Bengali, and Indian-Muslim wedding traditions. Eight years covering occasion dressing across the Indian subcontinent.
About
Ananya Sharma writes for Picsila on Indian regional wedding traditions outside the North Indian mainstream. Her editorial focus is Tamil Brahmin, Telugu, Malayali, Bengali Hindu, and Indian-Muslim (Hyderabadi, UP-Lucknow, Bohra, Bengali Muslim) wedding occasion dressing. Eight years of editorial work, including bylines at Vogue India, Femina, and The Hindu Lifestyle.
Her writing leans into the regional specificity that generic Indian fashion content overlooks: the Tamil Brahmin black-saree taboo, the Bengali atpoure drape, the Kanjivaram heritage textile, the regional Muslim wedding palette differences, the Bou Bhat fish-rice ceremony. The cultural rules that older aunts know but rarely write down.
Based in Bangalore. Reach editorial at hello@picsila.com.
Editorial focus
- Tamil Brahmin and South Indian weddingsSunrise muhurat, Kanjivaram silk, kashi yatra ritual, the timing convention.
- Bengali Hindu traditionsAtpoure drape, baluchari and tussar silk, gaye holud, saat pak plank-lift, Bou Bhat reception.
- Indian-Muslim wedding traditionsHyderabadi, UP-Lucknow, Bohra, Bengali Muslim variations. Nikah modesty, gharara, walima format.
- Regional textile heritageKanjivaram, Banarasi, Baluchari, Patola, Paithani. The textile that defines each region.
Selected articles
- What to Wear to a Tamil Brahmin Wedding Reception as a Colleague →
- What to Wear to a Bengali Hindu Sangeet as the Bride's Friend →
- What to Wear to a Muslim Nikah as the Bride's Friend →
- What to Wear to a Bengali Hindu Wedding Ceremony as the Bride's Sister →
- What to Wear to a Bengali Bou Bhat as a Colleague →