Qissaa Stories

Forgotten Weaves ~ Gauda not Kunbhi

Forgotten Weaves ~ Gauda not Kunbhi
Textile traditions and ecosystems around weavers have succumbed to modernisation and have survived and renewed its energy. Weaving as an...
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Forgotten Weaves ~ Revival Stories

Forgotten Weaves ~ Revival Stories
Wabi Sabi – Perfection in imperfection! In this world of automation it takes just a few hours to make flawless fabrics...
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Forgotten Weaves ~ Punarjeevana

Forgotten Weaves ~ Punarjeevana
Patteda anchu is also known as dundina seere or devaru seere or laxmi seere. Jedara Dasimayya wrote about it in...
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Textile arts of Bangladesh

The history of the textile arts of Bangladesh dates back to the 1st century AD. According to the archaeological excavations, Bangladesh was once famous...
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Abhijit Bannerjee

I love my Indian textiles and colour spectrum, the weaves, the embroidery edits, the print profiles. The saree does perhaps...
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Kantha of Katna

The Eye of the Needle – An event by The Crafts Coucil of West Bengal – A talk by Shabnam...
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Mahua ~ The fragrance lingers

Living lives of entitlement in Ivory towers of complacency we often forget to acknowledge and stop to appreciate splendid achievements...
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The Romance of the Kanjeevaram

Venkatesh Narasimhan the MD of Cooptex and his team, came to Kolkata with a trunk full of sarees. “Vintage kanjivarams and...
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