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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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Chintz Muslin and the Forgotten Queen, an exhibition of textiles of a bygone era, in Kochi

Chintz Muslin and the Forgotten Queen, an exhibition of textiles of a bygone era, in Kochi

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Did you know that Dhaka is not the only place that produces muslin? Or that in Santipur, West Bengal, there is a way to starching yarn that turns the threads “as stiff as a bone”? These are some of the textile stories that regale visitors at Chintz Muslin and the Forgotten Queen, an ongoing exhibition […]

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