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The colourful fabric called Madras

Oct 2017Oct 30 2017 Sabita Radhakrishna
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How many of us know that textiles are intertwined with the history of the British rule in India? Indian textiles have created turning points in history. Gandhiji cremated foreign fabrics in an act of defiance, collecting them from sophisticated Indians who wanted to be on the same

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Kunbi saree of Goa.
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Reviving Forgotten Treasures

Oct 2017Oct 03 2017 Sabita Radhakrishna
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In the olden days, craft was always an oral tradition passed on from father to son, mother to daughter. Some of the methods were lost, and the priceless heritage textiles disappeared into the annals of time. To perpetuate the craft, documentation is enforced today, and craft activists

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An Ikkat silk sari from Puttapakka.
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Ikkat… the interlock of colours

Apr 2017Apr 26 2017 Sabita Radhakrishna
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In my journey through textiles, I have been fascinated by ikkat, a jagged melding of colours as warp marries weft in patterned symmetry, creating poetry on fabric. Ikkats are woven only in Japan, Indonesia

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