A nine-foot tall, 15-foot wide hand-drawn kalamkari wall panel, dyed in natural colours, dresses up Mamata Reddy’s workspace in Hyderabad. The wall panel features a rare combination of Shiva and…
Demonstrating authentic kalamkari technique; Nikita Shah | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Buying a handloom textile that uses a 3,000-year-old craft is akin to acquiring a work of art. Much like…
Ilkal sarees worn by women in North Karnataka | Photo Credit: Navaldeep Thareja “You are not a Bharwad if you wear a saree,” is how elderly Bharwad women chide young…
A kalamkari artist at work. Artisans at Kalam Creations worked on new collections during the pandemic, handpainting stories from the epics | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Post-pandemic, while the retail…