embroidery

Maharashtra resident Sara Lakhani launched a collection where she made clothes with Kantha embroidery using plastic waste, landing a spot on Lakme Fashion Week 2022.

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An artisan from Rajasthan’s Barmer, Ruma Devi went from being a school dropout to being invited by Harvard to lecture its students. Here's the story of her incredible journey.

With no background in the textile and apparel world, Sujata and Taniya Biswas left their cushy corporate jobs and started building Suta, which is empowering weavers and making beautiful sarees.

Anshul Gupta was fated to become a chartered account when he gave it up to revive the art of Petit point and Gara embroidery in West Bengal. He speaks of the journey of the over 30-year-old Prastuti Designs.

“My income at the time was Rs 15-20 per day, and even that was not regular. On many days, I would just eat puffed rice as I could not afford a lunch-meal for myself.”

Pabiben’s story is a testimony to how setting a goal and working hard to attain it can make the biggest difference, not only to one’s own life but to the lives of an entire community.

An organisation called Commitment to Kashmir (CtoK) is working with local artisans to help them develop and overcome their unique challenges.

A Delhi-based organisation named Pins and Needles is providing help to women from underprivileged backgrounds, especially those who have migrated to the city.

Undeterred by displacement from Pakistan during the 1971 war and resettled in the unforgiving Thar Desert, women now living in Bikaner district have used their skills of traditional embroidery to earn a living with dignity. Tarun Kanti Bose takes a closer look.