Born through an inter-caste marriage 700 years back, how Gujarat’s Tangaliya weaving turned trendy

Sometime in the 14th century, a young man from Gujarat’s Bharwad (shepherd) community fell in [...]

Once a vegetable vendor, how this Manipur woman turned entrepreneur by making silk cocoon ornaments

Shrimayum Gita Devi would sell vegetables to make ends meet in Manipur’s Khurai Thongam Leikai [...]

Pedana Kalamkari: How Pitchuka Srinivasa has taken Andhra’s 15th century craft to New York’s high street

Fabrics boil with pomegranate peels in copper cauldrons at a home-cum-workshop in Pedana, a small [...]

Bengal’s 12th-century Patachitra art moves from paper to metals, wood & ceramics to reach global markets

As the day breaks at Naya village in West Midnapore district, about 107 km from [...]

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Praised by PM Modi in ‘Mann ki Baat’, Etikoppaka GI-tagged wooden toys awaiting non-toxic certification since 2008

It’s nine in the morning and Srisailapu Chinnayachari is fitting a lathe machine between two [...]

Images: From Covid to elections & mythology to water conservation, the vast canvas of Phad paintings

Phad, the large horizontal scroll paintings on cloth that portray the stories from Hindu religious [...]

Sankha Conch Bangles: How Bengal’s Sankhari community is fighting all odds to keep the craft alive

Sujay Nandi sits with conches and their pieces all around in his small unit at [...]

In pictures: Lesser-known UNESCO World Heritage sites in India

The Indian civilization is over 5,000 (some records put it at 8,000) years old and [...]

Farohar: How a mother-son duo is popularising Parsi cuisine through authentic recipes

A sleepy coastal town in Gujarat, about 180km from Mumbai, is home to one of [...]

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Lambani: How bold Banjara embroidery with cowrie & coins travelled from Bellary to the world

Twisted hair locks on either side of cheeks, arms full of ivory and glass bangles, [...]