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ARTIST & ATELIER

SONYA SAPRU is an artist and maker based in New Delhi, working across canvas, print, and cloth. Her work is informed by her Kashmiri heritage and shaped by an international sensibility. Her designs reflect the imprint of travel: a confluence of cultures, materials, and accumulated knowledge.

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From the family archive — Year of the Horse 🐎

My grandfather, Major General Hira Lal Atal (1905–1985), served from the British Indian Army into the Army of independent India, becoming its first indigenous Adjutant General. At Jawaharlal Nehru’s request, he designed the Param Vir Chakra, the nation’s highest honour for bravery, equivalent to the Victoria Cross, a symbol of courage born in the earliest days of freedom. He was an avid Polo player, and when I was growing up, he was writing a book, The Hindoo Horseman, a manuscript now lost, yet somehow still present in memory.

#FamilyArchive #ParamVirChakra #IndianHistory #YearOfTheHorse #poloplayer

1997 & 1998. memories of and with Sarojini, my sweet water baby, and my own mama, in Goa 🦀🌊🌴 many moons ago.
the ocean, the sun, the waves ~ something about it just feeds the soul. freedom, laughter, and long evenings playing scrabble and reading. Goa is home, and for me, a source of creativity, inspiration, and calm.

#GoaStories #ThreeGenerations #SoulOfTheSea #EverydayMagic #MomentsOfHome

A pleasure to spend the morning with Serena (@serenacrawford) and her always so interesting guests, sharing stories, spaces, and learning from different cultures with such openness.

#TextileConversations #CulturalDialogue #EthicalDesign #slowfashionstyle #CraftCulture

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Farhat & Surur
Acrylic on canvas

Two original portraits, painted as a pair.
Available together or individually.

DM for details. Available on our website. Link in bio.
https://www.sonyasaprudesigns.com/shop-for-collections?Category=Paintings

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Dearest friends, happy November.
It’s been a gentle, restorative month. I’ve just returned from Ranchi, where I spent my birthday at Paramahansa Yogananda’s Ashram. To spend a birthday in introspection and gratitude feels like such a blessing.

Guruji writes in Autobiography of a Yogi:
“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.”

As the season shifts, I hope it brings you rest, reflection, and quiet joy. 🍂✨

If you’d like to read my reflections on the exhibitions inspiring me right now, get a first look at the Autumn/Winter 25 collection, and receive special offers — the link is in the bio !

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For the Goddesses of wisdom 🪷
A chiffon saree in an aqua ombre with a hint of ivory and pink - hand painted lotus flowers in bloom which are enhanced with handworked embroidery and bead work.
Digitally printed by our studio.
Part of our DEVI collection.
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Navratri : day 9
Maa Siddhidatri is the ninth and final form of the Devi’s and is known as the “giver of supernatural powers”
And is revered as the Goddess who bestows supernatural abilities, wisdom, and ultimate fulfilment.
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Navreh Mubarak: Heritage,
Family, & Tradition on Kashmiri New Year

Navreh Mubarak! or happy Kashmiri New Year ~

The night before Navreh, we prepare a thaal (a platter) dedicated to the goddess Durga, or Shakti. The thaal is full of offerings — rice, curd, walnuts, a mirror, a pen and ink container, coins, salt, and bread. On Navreh morning, we gather together, uncover the thaal, and view it together.

The rice and coins represent daily sustenance and wealth — prosperity and abundance for the coming year. The pen and ink pot center intellectual pursuits and emphasize the importance of continuous education. The mirror invites introspection — looking back at the year gone by and reflecting on the lessons learned, which we carry forward into the new year. The deity symbolizes the constant nature of the divine. The rice is offered to the goddess at the temple; the walnuts are thrown into a river after viewing the thaal, and represent gratitude for the blessings received.

Navreh is a way to honor my ancestors — acknowledging and expressing gratitude for where I have come from, while looking ahead -a moment within the cyclical nature of time. It’s an opportunity to centre Sarojini and myself within heritage and community. And is a reminder to move forward with love, gratitude, and joy. This year, for the first time, Sarojini prepared her own thaal. Even with all the same elements, thaals reflect the visions and futures of the person who prepares them. It was so joyous to see her continue this tradition, and begin it for herself.

I was passionate,
filled with longing,
I searched
far and wide.

But the day
that the Truthful One
found me,
I was at home.

Lal Ded,
I was Passionate, translated by Jane Hirshfield

Happy Navreh, Ugadi, and Eid — sending love and joy,

sukuun-e-qalb
सुकून-ए-क़ल्ब •سُکُون قَلْب
Peace of heart
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14 inches x14 inches, acrylics on inframed canvas.
Portraits of love.
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Gaur
ग़ौर غور
Deep thought, reflection.
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14 inches x14 inches, acrylics on inframed canvas.
Portraits of love.
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Calcutta as a city has always had my whole heart. It’s where I was born, it’s where my guru’s home is, and it’s where I lived for part of my early twenties — the start of my career, when I began working in advertising. How joyous to return even if only for a very quick trip. Blending nostalgia and new experiences ~ a full day: exploring the city through its multi-faith heritage - Chinese temples, Jewish synagogues (being taken care of by Muslim families), Parsi fire temples, and even a hidden Jain temple and library, a quick visit to Victoria Memorial. Going on a textile adventure to see the gorgeous ways in which old techniques are being revived @weaversstudiokolkata, visiting the Indian Museum, and seeing some of the incredible Bengal Biennale exhibitions, and having Bengali Ilish dinner with boarding school friends. Calcutta has always been a dream, and I definitely need to come back and spend some more time here💕 more to come soon.
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Gorgeous views of the Himalayas from Binsar forest ✨ resting and meditating, and bringing in the new year ~ softly, gently, and with intention.
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Tis the season for velvet ✨Junagarh silk velvet jacket 🩷🏔️ 🌸 living softly and slowly.
https://www.sonyasaprudesigns.com/product-page/toba-velvet-jacket
DM for enquires.
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From a little while ago ✨ an adventure on the Chambal River in Kota & Bundi with Sarojini ~ a lovely day indeed. Sequel to our Gujarat roadtrip in 2019. Chasing stepwells (Baoris), exploring wall paintings, seeing the most gorgeous textiles. Gratitude always.
#traveldiaries #travelindia #heritagetravel #slowtravel #motherdaughtertime

GULABI…💞💞
14 inches x14 inches, acrylics on inflamed canvas.
Portraits of love.
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Qalb 🪷🪷🪷
Our chiffon saree with images of lotuses in bloom in shades of pinks and a paler pink background.
Inspired by watercolours.
Digitally printed by our studio.
part of our LOVE collection

https://www.sonyasaprudesigns.com/product-page/qalb-gulabi-chiffon-saree

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Dil-bahar chiffon saree
Lotus pond in bloom 🪷🪷🪷
inspired by watercolours ~
https://www.sonyasaprudesigns.com/product-page/dil-bahar-chiffon-saree
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Adventurer, traveller, and dear friend and supporter @ganeverajkotia (@ganevesgadabouts) somewhere in the Sahara ~ Ganeve curates and leads personalised trips for small groups - building community, exploring new destinations, and sharing cultures. Pictured here in our VYAAGHRE silk stole 🐅
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When we say we’re a #smallbusiness we really do mean SMALL. Thank you to everyone who supported our pop-up yesterday 💌
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Habibi 💝 14 inches x 14 inches, acrylics on inflamed canvas. Portraits of love.
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working on something new and special ✨
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👁️ of the 🐅 | we’ve got some new pocket squares embracing big cat vibes. DM for enquiries.
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this Republic Day, thinking about Sarojini’s great-great grand father — Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru (1875-1949), Indian lawyer, statesman, and of the writers of the constitution — and his commitment to ideals of secularism, socialism, compassion, important more than ever in times of increased and frightening communalism.

A funny anecdote from an Indian Express article : The linguist

“Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru was one of the best legal minds of the country. It is believed that if he had applied himself solely to the academic side of law, he would have been Holdsworth or Maitland or Dicey. Sapru was a great scholar of Persian and Urdu. He had gone to Hyderabad to argue a case and was opposed by Jinnah. There was an original document in Persian. The counsel for the parties were requested to read it out for the benefit of the court. Jinnah could not read Persian. Sapru fluently read out the entire document. This created a sensation. The next day newspapers commented with the headline : ‘Pandit Jinnah and Maulvi Sapru’. Sapru was equally proficient in Urdu. When Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad published a book in Urdu, he requested Sapru to pen the foreword.”

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/justice-chandrachud-master-judicial-prose-morning-tea-ceremony-9109653/lite/

Image: Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 October 1923
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection, National Portrait Gallery, London.
NPG x122747

been thinking a lot about home and comfort — my creativity takes many different forms, but canvas and acrylics are my most familiar. An anchor, and my most honest means of self-expression. EK-SAATH and NAZUKH, two of my newest art-works are poised between home and ‘foreign’, journeys that are, and moments on the precipice of adventure and more-ness. 14 inches x 14 inches. Mounted canvas. Acrylics. DM for enquiries or appointment! SOLD
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happy to be welcoming 2024 together ~ we are spending some time in Dwarson village, recalibrating, being soft, being gentle, enjoying our time together. Looking forward to creating more, thinking through sustainability in more nuanced ways, and collaborative projects. Wishing our community love and joy, peace and good health 💕 thank you for being on this journey with us, and supporting our work. In gratitude, Sonya & Sarojini ✨
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Namaste dear ones, we gained a few new followers this weekend, and thought it might be time for a reintroduction! After working as an art director with HTA in Calcutta and Bombay for many years, I conceptualised Sonya Sapru Designs in 2000, as a graphic design firm. I started small, and was fortunate to work with some wonderful clients - hotels, restaurants, boutiques, and artists. I transitioned into apparel in 2015 — creating vibrant and graphic resort wear. As my interest in sustainable textiles and living grew, so did the slow fashion ethos of Sonya Sapru designs. I am motivated by a philosophy to create comfortable, chic clothing — that’s versatile, wearable, long-lasting, and all about simplicity. I work from a studio at home, in Anand Lok — and invite clients to come and visit me directly, grab a coffee or a chai and spend some time browsing and chatting. And if perhaps you are not in Delhi, I do also do virtual studio visits, and would love to connect. Thank you for appreciating and supporting my work, and wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season, full of love, gratitude, and community. With care always, Sonya.
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When we met // missing

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Acrylics on canvas, 14 inches x 14 inches..

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~ don’t worry, love ~

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Acrylics on canvas, 14 inches x 14 inches. DM for enquiries.

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~ togetherness ~

painting has always been my first love. Inspired, and ready to go!

Acrylics on canvas, 14 inches x 14 inches. DM for enquiries.

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Behind the scenes, having fun 🌸

Sometimes taking photos can be exhausting … too many in a row, we’re tired, the lighting isn’t working … and of course neither of us is a professional model or photographer. A quick moment from our last shoot — keeping it light and fun, because ultimately that’s what the vibe is all about — spending time together, creating something special, and keeping it authentic to who we are. Our photos may not be the most ‘professional’ but they are certainly real.

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Kala & Gulabi Bagh silk pocket squares 🐅

Favourite new products from this month — our year of the tiger inspired silk pocket squares. Bring a little bit of magic, luck, and courage wherever you go ✨

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Our studio is open ✨ come by and visit us
If you’re not in Delhi, DM us we also do virtual visits — we would love to meet you.
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Ecodye a scarf with us 🍃💕✨

Some people learnt how to bake in the pandemic — we learnt how to eco-dye — preserving and imprinting natural colours and textures onto our fabrics to create something special and unique. DM us if you’re interested in learning how to eco-dye and we’re happy to do a tutorial with you!

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✨ slow down ✨

Taking a midweek pause and reflecting on the importance of moving slowly, mindfully, and consciously.
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Guddi’s maiden voyage to Sardinia ✈️ 🧳 🇮🇹

Meet Guddi! The fabulously dressed little explorer. Made in our studio from zero waste scraps. Guddi is a conscious and discerning shopper — coming to greet you with love and joy and friendship. We hope you will take her on your journeys as a reminder to be mindful and joyous in all your adventures. ❤️ Sonya

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Zero Waste 🧡 putting together our zero waste collections is a lot of hard work, finding patterns that work, and bringing them all together to look cohesive. It challenges my creativity, but in the most invigorating and rewarding of ways.
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… in my nisi batua

Looking forward to the long weekend, here’s all the (little things) we’re taking with us 💕 sneak peak of our newly launched Bengal tiger pocket squares 🐅 what’s in your batua ?
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Pichwai (pichvai) is a style of painting that originated over 400 years ago, in the town of Nathdwara near Udaipur in Rajasthan, India. Intricate and visually stunning, pichwai paintings, made on cloth, depict tales from Lord Krishna's life. Creating a pichwai can take several months, and requires immense skill, as the smallest details need to be painted with precision. Lord Krishna is often depicted as Shrinathji in Pichwais, which is the deity manifest as a seven-year-old child. Other common subjects found in pichwai paintings are Radha, gopis, cows and lotuses.

The Kamala Pichwai saree embraces the romance and playfulness of gulab 🌸 and is available in chiffon, crepe silk, and tussar silk.

https://www.sonyasaprudesigns.com/product-page/pichwai-kamala
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“She met my father, Ashok, who was a young planter on the Monabari tea estate - at a movie night at Bishnauth club. They exchanged letters for a year and a half (addressing each other as ‘HB’ — honey bear).”

A short blog post on love, lounge, and lightness, ft. My parents’ romance & Ella Fitzgerald. Spring has Sprung, Honey Bear, on EKTAA now (link in bio) : https://www.sonyasaprudesigns.com/post/spring-has-sprung-honey-bear
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When we receive a message like this beautiful one - it tells us we are including the happiness of others in what we do ✨
Thank you @picsbynanz for your endless support.
‘This winter I sent my Baba and Ma Sonya’s beautiful wool and tusser shawls.
I thank my Baba for teaching me kindness towards every living creature (including hornets ☺️)!
I thank my Ma for showing me through her every interaction that all human beings are equal.
Happy New Year Baba and Ma -
the shawls are my hugs 🤗’
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Our graphic geometrics in shades of charcoal, café olé & olive. A silk stole just adds that little something-something to your wardrobe. Banten silk stole ✨ don’t forget to use the code AUGUST20 at checkout.
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Our Pichwai and Kashmir Collections draw on memories, experiences, and archives – weaving a story of engagements and discovery. This Monday we’re celebrating the blues with our Guftagoo Chiffon and Sarasi Crepe Silk Sarees 💙

Gratitude for the Monday morning routines that Sarojini and I have developed -- breakfast with all our little potions (fresh haldi, amla, 5 almonds, and 2 walnuts), coffee, and to do lists. Tag someone special who makes your Mondays just a little bit brighter ~

20% off all of August, use the code AUGUST20 at checkout. Link in bio.

“Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see” – Ella Fitzgerald, Blue Skies
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Hira Lal Atal (26 January 1905 – 23 January 1985).

Hira Lal attended the Rawlinson Section of the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), and was its first Cadet Captain or Head Boy. He went on to attend Sandhurst and was commissioned a second lieutenant into the Unattached List, Indian Army on 29 January 1925. He went on to become Major General in 1948, and was later appointed the first indigenous Adjutant General of independent India.

Around this time, it was decided to implement new Indian awards for gallantry — the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) , and the Vir Chakra (VrC). Nehru entrusted the implementation of the PVC — India’s highest military decoration to Atal. He subsequently asked Savitri Bai Khanolkar (born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros) to design the medal, because of her Interest and knowledge in Sanskrit and the Vedas.

One of my favourite memories of my Baba, is of him and my Dadi ma coming to visit my sister and I at boarding school, with his pockets full of milk lollipops. He would take permission from the principal (Ms Srivastava) to take us out in his flagged car, with all the regalia — for a night out. These night outs were all the more special, because of how rarely they were allowed. He would take us for lunches and dinners with all the retired officers ~ a grand time, it was all very pucca pucca.

Image 1: As a young officer, circa 1940.

Image 2: Commissioned after Sandhurst.

Image 3: post-independence with Sarojini Naidu. the photograph was my inspiration for naming my own Sarojini.

Image 4: Baba and Dadi ma with Zehra (aged 1) and me (aged 3).

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After working as an art director with HTA in Calcutta and Bombay for many years, I conceptualised Sonya Sapru Designs in 2000, as a graphic design firm. I started small, and was fortunate to work with some wonderful clients - hotels, restaurants, boutiques, and artists. I transitioned into apparel in 2015 — creating vibrant and graphic resort wear. As my interest in sustainable textiles and living grew, so did the slow fashion ethos of Sonya Sapru designs. Our philosophy is to create comfortable, chic clothing — that’s versatile, wearable, long-lasting, and all about simplicity. I’m grateful to every single one of you for supporting our work and journey.
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Inspired to create something special for Sarojini’s graduation ~ our first saree, a Pichwai inspired misty lake with blooming lotuses (सरोजिनी means lotus bud), edged with the classic Paisley motif from Kashmir, drawn from my grandmother’s favourite shawl. Rooted in memories and culture, blooming with possibilities, and expanding with hope.
The Pichwai Sarojini Saree has always been a favourite. Link in bio.
Use code AUGUST20 at checkout for 20% the entire site all this month.
Image : Debbie, Sarojini, and Dasha, Grinnell College, 2017.
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for him ✨ 20% off our entire site, all August. use the code AUGUST20 at checkout. Link in bio.
Zubin Miller for the Shahanshah Collection.
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Asrar tussar silk saree • اسرار • secrets

Link in bio. DM or WhatsApp +91 9560063496 for enquiries

Kashmir collection in tussar silk. Drape yourself in traditional designs and heritage from the Valley. Drawing on memories, experiences and archives - the Kashmir collection weaves a story of engagements and discovery.

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“Limitless variations and infinite probabilities of what might materialise. This is still life. A word that has been forming, an emergent truth waiting to be articulated. Still life overflows with speech- pregnant with motion.” •
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Our upcoming blog post explores the relationship between still life and eco-dyeing. It also provides a brief glimpse into the eco-dyeing process and offers some tips on embarking on your own eco-dyeing journey. Out tomorrow on our website : www.sonyasaprudesigns.com
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