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A travelling photography exhibition highlights weaving traditions of India

A travelling photography exhibition highlights weaving traditions of India

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Ilkal sarees worn by women in North Karnataka | Photo Credit: Navaldeep Thareja “You are not a Bharwad if you wear a saree,” is how elderly Bharwad women chide young women from their community. Navaldeep Thareja, a textile engineer from Sangrur in Punjab, who often visits little-known places across India to meet craftspeople, artisans, weavers, and tribal people and photo documents […]

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The mango is a popular motif on textiles, jewellery and architecture

The mango is a popular motif on textiles, jewellery and architecture

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If summer is here, can the mango be far behind? Not just on our plates but also as a motif on textiles and other crafts. The fruit is deeply embedded in our ethos, says Anamika Pathak, in her 2021 dissertation, Mango-kairi-kalka-paisley: Design in Indian Art from Architecture to Textiles. The former curator of National Museum, […]

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