The village of Anegundi near Hampi, Karnataka, has many stories woven around it. A sari on display, from one of the two sections on Varanasi weaves “Handwoven saris and draped garments in the Indian subcontinent, broadly, comprise three main design elements—the border, the end panel and the field. To me, they represent the ‘field’ of the poem.” Exhibition designer Reha …
With Covid-19 causing a dramatic rupture, and with Chinese aggression at the border, India must reassess its approach to trade, especially the import of textiles and other artefacts of religious use from China. From Europe to Central Asia and now India, dependence on China is destroying indigenous traditions In India, textiles comprise the second-largest sector after agriculture. We are already …
