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The Florals Must Be Crazy: A Pattern That Refuses to Match With Anything but Itself

 Somewhere between your grandma’s curtain and that mystery bedsheet you found in your childhood cupboard lies a truth that all Indian households eventually confront: Floral patterns go with nothing. Except… other floral patterns. But not matching floral patterns. Oh no. Clashing floral patterns. Big roses with tiny lilies. Vines overlaid on tulips. Blue hibiscus against orange marigold. A riot of botany where the only thing more aggressive than the colour choices is the complete absence of spatial restraint. A Study in Floral Anarchy No one ever chooses florals. Florals happen to you. You didn’t go out looking for a giant rose-printed double bedsheet. It just appeared. In a Diwali sale. Or as a free gift with the mixer. Or in a wedding gift box where the aunt meant well but the manufacturer clearly didn’t. You didn’t buy those curtains because you liked them. You bought them because they were on top of the pile and folded in such a way that the actual print was hidden l...