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How the Chakhesang Naga community weaves a world of meaning into a shawl

Kamayani Sharma

· Sep 13, 2023 · 11:30 am

Bangladesh steps up use of recycled material in ready-made garments industry

Abu Siddique

· Aug 14, 2023 · 07:30 pm

How did European merchant companies trading in Indian handmade textiles impact colonial history?

Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis

· Jan 10, 2023 · 11:30 am

India at 75: Khadi was an integral part of the freedom struggle. Where is handspun fabric today?

Neeta Deshpande

· Aug 14, 2022 · 12:05 pm

The story of textiles in independent India is closely linked to the life of one Hyderabadi woman

Mallik Thatipalli

· May 08, 2019 · 11:30 am

For 500 years, a Kannadiga community of weavers has produced Kerala’s iconic white and gold saree

Anubha George

· Oct 06, 2018 · 11:30 am

On National Handloom Day, this village in Gujarat is a lesson in how to revive Indian textiles

Tania Banerjee

· Aug 07, 2018 · 11:30 am

From a bottle-cap sari to aeroplane motifs: An exhibition challenges our idea of Indian textiles

Chanpreet Khurana

· Jul 15, 2018 · 11:30 am

From saris to T-shirts: A Google project has brought millennia of fashion online

Chanpreet Khurana

· Jul 14, 2017 · 11:30 am

Can Make in India and Smriti Irani’s hashtags ever be more than a gimmick for the fashion industry?

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· Jul 05, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Photos: Weavers’ colonies in Delhi are dying at the hands of apathy and modernity

Chitvan Gill

· Feb 10, 2017 · 03:30 pm

‘Powerlooms may anger the goddess’: The story of a unique weaver’s village in Kerala

Chitra Ajith

· Jan 29, 2017 · 03:30 pm