Chanderi People Archives

If there is one designer who has done more for Chanderi than any other, it is Sanjay Garg and his label, Raw Mango. Highly coveted,

My name is Shrikrishna Somani and I am 88 years old, he began. Somani-ji runs Gopilal & Sons, a reputed Chanderi weaving company that his

In Chanderi, most of the weavers are Muslims. Samaruddin Ansari and his wife Saida-Bi are fairly typical. They are part of a larger household of

The road to his home is through tiny clean cobblestone lanes. The doorway is unassuming. But inside, as with many homes in Chanderi is a

Her name is Kisbar Jahan, her age, 32. She is better known as master weaver, Abdul Mubeen’s wife. She has a daughter and a son.