When 60-year-old Malipeddi Bhagyawati sat down to spin as part of a lecture-demonstration on Patnulu khadi in a Bengaluru school, she wasn’t expecting the level of knowledge the young students had. To ...

IMPHAL – In the misty hill districts of Manipur, far from the clamour of cities, looms hum quietly in village courtyards. Here, in places like Tamenglong and Ukhrul, the Nagas—Manipur’s third-largest ...

On August 7, 1905, several prominent leaders of India’s freedom struggle — Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Aurobindo Ghosh, Bipin Chandra Pal and others — sparked off a Swadeshi Movement ...

Ten handloom weaving machines are officially turned over to the Provincial Local Government of Zamboanga Sibugay, marking a ...

Do you know that an Arni silk saree can take up to 20 days to weave? Well, the beautiful timeless weaved saree is actually a result of hours and hours of thought and skill working hand in hand, while ...

WOMEN weavers are in action with their handlooms. They are from one of the 24 Regional Handloom Weaving Innovation Hubs in the country The handloom weaving in the Philippines is getting more ...

Weavers from the Progressive Ladies League of the Philippines show their skills in weaving textiles during the launching ceremony of the new Philippine Handloom Weaving Center at DOST-PTRI. The newly ...

H'Hen Niê wearing a traditional Ê Đê costume in her final walk in Miss Universe Việt Nam 2018. Photo Miss Universe Việt Nam The heart of Ê Đê culture beats with the rhythmic threads of their unique ...

The exhibition, titled The Handloom Tradition of Bangladesh, opened on March 8 at Bengal Shilpalay in Dhanmondi. Organised by ...

A revival of the traditional Kachchhi handloom could be a shining example of how India could tackle its severe livelihood, ecological, and cultural crises. Prakash Naranbhai Vankar looks up, taking a ...