What the Charkha Spins, Besides the Yarn
What the Charkha Spins, Besides the Yarn
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On learning to spin, the limits of scholarship, and the unexplored possibilities of an embodied...
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Kalaa by Kankatala: The Sari in Motion, Emotion and at Rest
Kalaa by Kankatala: The Sari in Motion, Emotion and at Rest
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Kalaa the store tells the story of the sari even as the sari tells the...
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40 Years of Chanakya: The Power of Showing Up as a Craft Community
40 Years of Chanakya: The Power of Showing Up as a Craft Community
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What stood out at Chanakya’s 40th anniversary, besides the extraordinary work on display, were the...
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John Galliano and the Met: When Genius Is Not Enough
John Galliano and the Met: When Genius Is Not Enough
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The question was never whether John Galliano was a brilliant designer. It was whether brilliance,...
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Sabyasachi: The Unlikely Minimalist at Heart
Sabyasachi: The Unlikely Minimalist at Heart
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What looks like maximalism by Sabyasachi Mukherjee is, in fact, an exercise in imaginative control...
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Crossing the (Sari) Border
Crossing the (Sari) Border
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A border looks like a boundary. In Indian textiles, it can be a beginning—a place...
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How Student Protests Changed Fandom in India
How Student Protests Changed Fandom in India
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As India’s student protests over examination paper leaks grew into a national movement, another largely...
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The Material World of The Odyssey
The Material World of The Odyssey
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Penelope’s Loom—Bronze, Wood and Waiting Beyond journeys, heroes and battles lies another epic: woven through...
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Vaishali S’s Swayam: When Craft Eclipses Couture
Vaishali S’s Swayam: When Craft Eclipses Couture
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At Swayam, shown alongside Paris Haute Couture Week at the residence of the Indian Ambassador,...
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Devis, Apsaras and the Myth of Originality
Devis, Apsaras and the Myth of Originality
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In fashion’s algorithmic age, originality is no longer just a creative act. It is a...
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Rahul Mishra’s Devi: Grey Matter
Rahul Mishra’s Devi: Grey Matter
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A couture showcase that worships two deities—the designer’s imagination and the Indian artisan’s hand. And...
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Paris, Luxury and India’s Next Conversation
Paris, Luxury and India’s Next Conversation
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At the IFCCI–Comité Colbert conference in Paris, the luxury conversation moved beyond handbags and heritage...
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40 Years of Chanakya: Karishma Swali’s ‘Arthashastra’
40 Years of Chanakya: Karishma Swali’s ‘Arthashastra’
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As Chanakya, the atelier, marks 40 years with three ongoing exhibitions in Mumbai, it is...
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A Forest, A City, A Bottle
A Forest, A City, A Bottle
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A conversation with urban anthropologist Rahul Srivastava about Dharavi, the mahua flower, terroir and the...
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Editing India for Paris
Editing India for Paris
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A conversation with Marielou Phillips and Matthieu Foss of Deeya Paris on curating contemporary Indian...
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25 Years of Longform: The Powers and Pressures of PR
25 Years of Longform: The Powers and Pressures of PR
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As Longform marks 25 years, this conversation with Neeta Raheja and Pareina Thapar looks at...
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The House of Rohit Bal: Fraze Tasnim and Gudda’s Shadow
The House of Rohit Bal: Fraze Tasnim and Gudda’s Shadow
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Fraze Tasnim, who presented Dastkar at India Couture Week in Delhi on Friday, is leading...
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The Handloom Style List
The Handloom Style List
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Our pick of distinctive dressers who make the case for skill, style and substance. Celebrating...
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