In the text, the Spirit recalls having “dress[ed] herself secretly in a canary-coloured Sari” (para. 28), even though she was supposed to be wearing white robes of mourning. This image provides an idea of how this Sari may have looked. Furthermore, with the Sari being on a young girl we can reflect on how young the Spirit herself had been in the events of the story, as she was a child bride.
Singh, Sawai Ram. Untitled portrait of a ‘pāswan. 1870. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Untitled_portrait_of_a_‘pāswan%27,_by_Sawai_Ram_Singh_II.jpg
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