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Paddy Jewellery: A Farm-to-Finger Story With A Difference July 2, 2024 Not gold or silver, it is the humble rice that is finding its way to the hearts of fashionable people....
Beyond Pattachitra and Talapatra Chitra, Here’s a Lesser Known Leaf Craft of Odisha July 2, 2024 Weaving palm leaves together to make decoration pieces, and weaving traditional headgears with siali leaves are the ancient crafts of...
Stubble and Sustainability May 30, 2024 Wheat stubble left in the wake of harvesting in May, for instance, is being transformed into consumer goods and artefacts...
Mohra, Himachal’s Centuries-Old Metal-Craft, is Losing Sheen December 26, 2023 Mohra are metal masks depicting the faces of deities, usually cast in brass, which are worshipped in Himachal Pradesh. The...
Tribal History Kept Alive Through Oraon Art November 27, 2023 The Oraon community paints the mud walls of their homes once every year. What they paint represents their gotra or...
The Age Old Tradition of Making Aalta Patra for Chhath Puja November 15, 2023 Aalta Patra is offered to the Sun God during Chhath Puja. There are communities in Bihar that have been traditionally...
Kashmir: In Srinagar, a Muslim Potter Family Makes Diyas for Diwali Festivities November 10, 2023 A potter family in Srinagar makes diyas to be used during Diwali. The ‘diyas’ are in great demand and are...
With Strings Attached: An old puppeteer is keeping the folk art alive in rural Odisha October 26, 2023 Puppeteers are a fading phenomenon but 74-year-old Fakir Singh is doing his bit by teaching the tricks of his trade...
Infusing Colour into Bengal’s Fading Patachitra Artform October 19, 2023 Patachitra artists in Bharatpur village in West Bengal get a fillip as Sanghita Mitra, who quit her job with a...