Source: www.indianewscast.com
NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 9, 2010: Michelle Obama just couldn’t stop buying Indian fabrics and products the capitals sun-dappled crafts museum.
At the museum on a scheduled stop of one hour, she lingered on for almost two hours, stopping only when she ran out of money after splurging an estimated US$2,000 on bedspreads, paintings and other items, many to give away as Christmas gifts.
The First Lady purchased four Bengal kantha bedspreads, greeting cards with Madhubani motifs from Bihar, colorful wooden key chains and Ganesha icons from Karnataka and a crochet dining table cover from Andhra Pradesh. She then picked Kutchi embroidered cloth and textiles from the Northeast. She also purchased 15 mobile covers, 15 rag Gujarati dolls and five yogi thailas (embroidered bags). For her daughters, Malia and Natasha, Michelle got a wooden train, spinning tops and Lord Ganesh statues.
Michelle also picked up cloth dolls made by a young girl from Rajasthan, small leather purses shaped like owls, frogs, teddy bears and cats. Michelle said she would have bought more if she hadn’t run out of cash, those at the museum said.
[For Hinduism Today’s article about Delhi’s outstanding shops, click https://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1592 ]