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The wheel at the centre of this cuff is the Ashoka Chakra, the twenty-four-spoke dharmachakra that sits at the heart of the Indian flag. It is cast in brass by the Dokra method, an ancient lost-wax technique worked by metal-casters in West Bengal. Each spoke is formed in wax before any metal flows, so the piece keeps the faint, handmade unevenness that machine stamping never has. The open band slips over the wrist, and worn plain, it speaks for itself.
Durable and artisan-made; handle with care and keep away from moisture to prevent tarnishing Avoid contact with water and perfumes. Spot clean with a soft, dry cloth.
Each piece is handcrafted, so slight variations in colour, texture and dimension are natural and celebrate its handmade origin.
The chakra does the talking, so let it. This is a cuff to wear on its own, on a bare wrist, where the cast wheel sits clean against skin or a rolled sleeve. Less is more here.
For everyday wear, it slips easily under a shirt cuff or over a plain kurta sleeve. Earthy, not glossy. The warm, matte brass of a Dokra casting reads earthy rather than shiny, so it suits handloom cotton, linen, and khadi far better than anything polished. Keep the other wrist bare or wear a watch there.
For festive or Republic Day and Independence Day dressing, the Ashoka Chakra carries its own weight. Pair it with white, ivory, or indigo, and let the wheel be the single point of interest. Skip competing bangles on the same arm.
Because the piece is gender-neutral, it works as easily with a saree or a jumpsuit as with a bandhgala or a plain tee, and since it carries meaning more than fashion, the styling around it stays deliberately understated. Meaning over trend.
A quick wearing note. The cuff sits low on the wrist and rolls on gently from the thumb side. Take it off before washing hands or swimming, wipe it dry after wear, and store it in a soft pouch.
This cuff is made by Dokra, one of India's oldest surviving metal crafts, worked here by casting families in West Bengal through the cluster My E-Haat partners with. Dokra is a lost-wax method, which means the piece you hold was never stamped or moulded twice. It was cast once, then freed from its shell. No two are alike.
The maker first shapes a core of clay in the rough form of the cuff. Over this, the whole design, the twenty-four spokes of the chakra and the band around them, is built up in fine threads of beeswax laid by hand. Every spoke you see was first a thread of wax.
The wax model is then coated in layer after layer of clay to make a mould, with small channels left open. When it is fired, the wax melts and runs out, leaving a hollow the exact shape of the design. The wax is gone.
Molten brass is poured into that hollow. Once it cools, the clay mould is broken away, and it can never be reused, so each casting is truly one of a kind. The chakra emerges rough at first.
Only now does it become jewellery. The caster then files and cleans the spokes, evens the rim, and smooths the inside of the band so it sits kindly on the wrist. The soft, matte, faintly uneven surface is the honest fingerprint of Dokra, not a flaw to be polished out.
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