Nazakat and Indigo Blue

Nazakat- An adjective of the Hindi word Nazuk means Fragile, Sensitive, Tender, Soft.

When we refer to these as characteristics of someone we may say “uski Nazakat” means “his/her Sensitiveness”.

This beautiful word has been used in many ways in Urdu Literature particularly in Poetry as an attractive trait of a person, mainly of a  female.

It is written in Hindi as नज़ाकत

Ephemera our Elephant ( and with Nazakat!)  quietly thinks about Indigo

Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still, there is room to fill. (Tagore) 

Indigo Blue ages,  indigo blue years, indigo blue months, indigo blue duration, indigo blue lifetimes, indigo blue summers, indigo blue winters, indigo blue length, indigo blue era, indigo blue epoch, indigo blue aeon, indigo blue span, indigo blue youth, indigo blue childhood

Indigo’s Origins…

Indigo simply means ‘the Indian’ or ‘from India.’ 

As early as more than 5,000 years ago the blue dye derived from the Indigofera Tinctoria plant has been used to dye textiles.

… and How Natural Indigo Is Painstakingly Made

The harvested leaves of the Indigofera plant have to be soaked in water to let the indican (an amino acid) contained therein release glucose.

The freed indican soon starts to ferment with the other plant enzymes. As a result, the water turns yellow after several days. The product of this fermentation process is called indoxyl and as it is left to dry in the air, oxidises and coagulates into the blue indigo.

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Indigo Blue with Nazakat in India in Balmain by House of Wandering Silk. The beads are made from recycled sarees.