United colors of India for Anju Modi in the Delhi couture week 2012

The golden shores beckoning, a fisherman gleaming in the beautiful sunset, and the music droned from the fish capital-- West Bengal, and with Rabindranath Tagore's poetry resounding, contemporary India, drawn through Anju Modi's eyes was an enchantment of the dream-like creation in Devi, at the recent Delhi Couture week.

Gripped with the nostalgia of Bengal, and the hues of red, and glimmering gold it was essentially the colours of India. The satins weave, rooted in the traditions of the country draped the models in the full bloom of its history.

The charcoal blacks with a hint of gold and red which was sparingly highlighted at the initial part became much louder as the ramp saw the splash of red, a colour with more shimmering gold. Deeply embedded into the intrinsic culture, the embellishments were somewhere a mix of both an Indo-Bohemian and Victorian.

The cuts grow louder and bolder in the lehengas and cholis, and the recurring theme of waves in the flaring skirts, the flowing drapes, the pallu falling off the shoulders had a charm and poise of an Indian woman shrouded in the mystery of silence. The muted appeal in each piece had drawn a certain light, an aura of mystic beauty around itself. Gasping for more the ultimate and the much awaited evening was when Madhuri Dixit Nene arrived and stopped the time for one moment in the timeless look of a bride gushing brightly in the sindoor. The eternal symbol of love and pride of Indian women framed in the time of the classic era of ever inspiring Devdas.

'Isn't the Indian women so loveable? It is the beauty adorned in the traditional weaving culture of India that this collection Devi is all about', said Modi.

Devi may refer to goddess but in this essence it is the beauty and the earthiness of the Indian women that is reflected in the collection. Priced 50,000 rupees and above this Couture collection could easily be a bride's dream of donning her D day.