Gaatha / गाथा - Traditional Indian Handicrafts

The story of Indigo

In the February of 1615, British naval forces under the command of Nicholas Downton strategically fought against the Portuguese fleet…

Through the last 99 posts we have toured around alleys, bathed in shadows of vernacular streetscapes, indulged in numerous off…

It’s as if the fully matured leaves of the Chinar tree are in perfect synchrony with nature’s music of the fall; as…

A familiar chatter swells in the air as feet chase the trail of a carelessly flying odhani in the by-lanes…

Woven carpets – a rich woven textile that is designed to adorn the naked floor till it almost ends up embracing…

“My body is but wax and wick for flame. When the candle burns out, the light shines elsewhere.” Normandi Ellis,…

Spring tickles my feet as love soaks this air, Is it a new reason to live, or just this excuse…

Bundele har bolo ke muh humne suni kahani thi ….. Lights cascading from fountains of oil lamps suspended from the…

Some wandering rays of an aimless light, Carelessly slipped into my loom the previous night… Their whimsical sparks got woven…

There are some who need a tree to meditate. And some who need music. But then there are those, who fend for…

Who will buy these delicate, bright Rainbow-tinted circles of light? Lustrous tokens of radiant lives, For happy daughters and happy…

Paan, neta, jalebi, uparwaala and lathi…. A popular Sunday times article defines these amongst others, as those torchbearers of Indianness,…

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