Ethnic hand-stitched and hand-dyed fabrics continue to pique interior design interest, whether it’s vintage quilts like those on exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, resist-dyed ikats from Bali, ...

Wed Mar 19, 2025 03:02 PM Last update on: Thu Mar 20, 2025 02:16 PM In a world driven by rapid industrialisation and mass production, the quiet persistence of handcrafted traditions stands as proof of ...

In Nanoor, a small village near Santiniketan, kantha embroidery was once a domestic practice shaped by reuse and necessity.

India has always been a land of jackets, whether it is the sherwani, bandhgala or the Nehru jacket. Now, designer Payal Jaggi gives them a twist with kantha fabric and a new revival story. Jaggi ...

The thousand-year-old upcycling handicraft was traditionally a canvas for ordinary women to tell their stories and express their fears and hopes. Now it's hugely popular again, writes Kalpana Sunder.