Chanderi People
Gopilal & Sons: master weavers of Chanderi
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...
Portrait of a Weaving Household
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...
Portrait of a weaver’s family: Abdul Mubeen Ansari
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...
Dance of the LooM: portrait of a female weaver
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....
