The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has severely affected the handloom sector, which was already reeling under the impact of demonetisation and GST. For centuries, the handloom weaver has continued to work from home, offering the world the choice of a conscious living, which is sustainable, local and green. These weavers offer me the hope and […]
Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 A lot is heard about kala cotton – the indigenous cotton grown […]
Issue #009, 2022 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Abstract Patteda Anchu is one of the first varieties of sari woven […]
Issue #008, 2021 ISSN: 2581- 9410 A New Model for Handloom Revival Mubarakpur is located in the district […]
Rajasthan is well known for the fine Kota Doria Muslin saris which have a special chequered weave, locally known as Khat. The weave is very fine and the weaving method used is primitive with the same method being used even in today’s power-loom era. The Kota Doria is famed for its delicacy of weave, its […]
Issue #002, Monsoon, 2019 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Introduction India is a rich country of diverse cultures and heritages. Almost all the states of India are represented […]
The need for covering the floors of the houses with cotton rather than woollen spreads popular in Persia, brought in the durree and the khes. The hangings in the colourful tents led to the invention of the floral designs on rough cloth. The textiles for use in ceremonials became even more variegated under the Mughals; […]
Issue #003, Autumn, 2019 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Ruby Palchoudhuri’s abiding contribution to the revival of the traditional Baluchari lies in her pioneering […]
Dasavatara, (Das=ten and avatara =incarnation or descent) of Lord Visnu, is the most popular concept of Hinduism, which has been widely worshipped by the Hindus in one or the other form.’ Stone, bronze, terracotta, painting on pata (cloth), a wood were the most accepted material on which a number of images of Visnu were made.’ […]
Do you remember the fairy tale of the emperor’s new clothes?: Long long ago there was once a country that made the best cloth in the world, in vast quantities, enough of it to clothe everyone in the country, with enough left over to send to many other countries. The other countries paid for that […]