A small seed.
A long song.

The chirmi grows on a wild creeper across the Rajasthani desert, and it gives its name to one of the state’s best-loved folk songs. In “Chirmi”, a young bride far from her parents’ home sees the chirmi vine and is reminded, one by one, of everyone she loves.

It’s a song about longing and belonging — about how something small and familiar can carry you all the way home. Generations of women have sung it at weddings and in courtyards, and it still makes people tear up.

The same seed is so consistent in weight that Indian goldsmiths weighed gold against it for centuries. It became the ratti, the unit for measuring gold and gemstones across the subcontinent.

A seed you could lose in your palm, and it was the standard.

House of Chirmi is led by Khushi, a Shopify designer and developer who has built storefronts for fashion, jewellery, handmade bags, home décor and handloom labels — and is always up for a new category.

Every project is handled personally — you talk to the person designing and building your store, not an account manager.