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...

The heritage village of Odisha where every single resident is a pattachitra artist

May 11, 2024

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...