We are at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity where I am trying to sneak a picture of a block print of cultural icon Begum Akhtar on a blouse. Its wearer, Mamta Varma, runs Bhairavi’s Chikan in Lucknow, with 300 women who do fine chikankari embroidery. Noting my interest she reveals that the unusual blouse was made by […]
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Gurvinder Kaur Gundev displays fabrics with phulkari | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Craftspeople from across India met on the Crafts Council of Telangana (CCT) premises in Hyderabad for the CCT Sanmaan 2023 on Thursday. The council presented awards to a handful of deserving artisans at state and national levels. A common factor that binds the […]
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The Tungabhadra river flows, not too far from where we stand. On its southern bank is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi, the capital of the mighty Krishnadevaraya’s Vijayanagara empire. But we are on the northern banks at Anegundi village, said to be older than Hampi. All around are hills with massive boulders precariously […]
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Malvika Singh’s Sarees of Memory project revives 21 traditional drapes from around the country, and gifts the weavers design ownership Malvika Singh’s Sarees of Memory project revives 21 traditional drapes from around the country, and gifts the weavers design ownership A sunny, sweltering summer afternoon in Delhi sees the gates of the Brazilian embassy open […]
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