Bhujodi: Part 1: Between nature and tradition
Bhujodi is arguably the prettiest village in Bhuj. There is a neat main street with shops lining either side. When I drove in, I saw...
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Bandhini: Part 4: Magical fingers
Many years ago, a holy man went to a khatri's house, and as the story goes, the sadhu was doing his meditation (jap) and knots...
Ajrakh: Part 1: Multilayered and amazing
Ever since fabric was invented, humans have tried various methods of decorating the plain woven fabric. Embroidery was one technique. Ajrakh and Bandhini were others....
Patola: Part 1: Making the magnificent Patola
How do you weave the Patan Patola? What are the steps and techniques? Here, we explore the painstaking and lengthy techniques that together create the...
Tangaliya: beaded wonder
The bead-like dots that mark the Tangaliya weave are a painstaking process that involves wool yarn and twists....
The Dance of the Dye
A pictorial essay on natural-dyed khadi Natural dye is a long process, says Paresh Patel of Royal Brocades, Ridrol. It takes two or three days...
The Weaving Ecosystem
Men and women. Whole families really. A complex web of professions. A mix of castes. The weaving ecosystem epitomises India. For example, in Gujarat, the...
Weaver’s Emotions
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...
Before the Weave
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...
The Dissenters: Naidu, Tagore, Ambedkar
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...
