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Geopolitics in a rug | Pavitra Rajaram’s carpet collection for Jaipur Rugs

Geopolitics in a rug | Pavitra Rajaram’s carpet collection for Jaipur Rugs

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A carpet is not the first place you’d turn to for a lesson in modern geopolitics. Unless you’re looking at the Afghan war rug. Made in Sheberghan, a city in north Afghanistan, and Afghan settlements in Pakistan, these carpets — with motifs of tanks, artillery, machine guns: symbols of violence — began to appear in […]

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Prisoners turn weavers courtesy Jaipur Rugs’ Freedom Manchaha initiative

Prisoners turn weavers courtesy Jaipur Rugs’ Freedom Manchaha initiative

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A weaver with his creation | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Fading cultural traditions, memories of one’s wife, daily prayers, and the trajectory of life. These are just a few ideas that have been brought alive on the loom by Jaipur Rugs’ Freedom Manchaha project. Launched in 2018, the sustainable development initiative has long-term prisoners of […]

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