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12 things that you perhaps didn’t know about Ashavali

Shoba NarayanSep 19, 2019February 18, 20200

Ashavali is a brocade weave. The work however is called meenakari. By some accounts, weavers from Ashavali moved to Benaras to create the now-famous Benarasi

Weaver’s Emotions

Shoba NarayanSep 19, 2019September 22, 20190

We weave our emotions with the sarees. All kind of feelings being woven along with the saree. When I am sad, it will be little

Gandhi before Khadi

Shoba NarayanSep 18, 2019September 22, 20190

Gandhi wasn’t born wearing khadi. Well, perhaps he was because most babies in India are wrapped in soft unstitched cloth which may well have been

The Length and Breadth of Khadi

Shoba NarayanSep 18, 2019September 22, 20190

Interview with Anindita Sardar, Creative Director, Taneira How did the khadi collection unfold? Khadi was already there in India but it was looked down upon

Gandhi, Ruskin and Khadi

Shoba NarayanSep 16, 2019September 22, 20190

Do you know what a Luddite is? Usually the term is applied to someone who dislikes technology and industrialization. Gandhi is a great example of

From Dawn to Dream

Shoba NarayanSep 9, 2019March 2, 20200

well, a dreamy saree anyhow “Khadi is very delicate,” says master weaver, Krishnamoorthy. “You have to treat it carefully, like it is an honoured guest.”

Khadi in Kanchi

Shoba NarayanSep 9, 2019March 2, 20200

If you think of khadi silk sarees, particularly those woven in Kanchipuram as these ones have, you cannot escape the Kalakshetra connection. Rukmani Devi Arundale

Before the Weave

Shoba NarayanSep 9, 2019September 22, 20190

We celebrate weavers here. Of course we do. But for all that, there is the space before the weave. The space where threads roll out

Portrait of a Weaving Unit in Gujarat

Shoba NarayanSep 9, 2019February 18, 20200

The little-known Ashavali cluster in Ridrol, Gujarat The beauty of India is that every weaving cluster is special, every cluster does something so totally unique

The Dissenters: Naidu, Tagore, Ambedkar

Shoba NarayanAug 21, 2019September 22, 20190

Khadi’s path to becoming the freedom fabric was paved with thorns. Not everyone was on board with Gandhiji’s penchant for khadi. As Lisa Trivedi writes

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12 things that you perhaps didn’t know about Ashavali

Weaver’s Emotions

Gandhi before Khadi

The Length and Breadth of Khadi

Gandhi, Ruskin and Khadi

From Dawn to Dream

Khadi in Kanchi

Before the Weave

Portrait of a Weaving Unit in Gujarat

The Dissenters: Naidu, Tagore, Ambedkar