Jamshedpur, Aug. 9: Designs from the land of Bengal have made a style statement in the steel city. Designer pendants and colourful costume jewellery to go with one’s favourite traditional outfit were ...

Kantha, an ancient embroidery style popular in the subcontinent's eastern region including Bengal, had a modest beginning as a domestic, functional handicraft. Often a contemporary fashion choice, the ...

It is not always easy to remember these days that the kantha was once a homely piece of cloth embroidered by a woman for a newborn, or her family, a personal, intimate expression of her love, memories ...

With #vocalforlocal in the buzz these days, it's great to witness the revival of handloom crafts to not only represent Indian craftsmanship on the global platform but also draw support to millions of ...

Kantha – a once humble Indian craft – is being used to bring tales of Rabindranath Tagore to life The countless poems and songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore fanned the flames of a huge cultural ...

Farah Khan was raised at a time when the most respectable profession for women was medicine. Accordingly, she got admission into Aligarh Muslim University on the path to becoming a doctor.

BHUBANESWAR: The embroidery work of “kantha” is in for a much needed surge. Along with it, a host of women from the Muslim community, are all set to become self-reliant adding handsomely to their ...

Kolkata based, Maheejaa Bags aims to revive the traditional Bengal kantha craft in its range of leather bags. The brand not only creates stylish products but is also helping rural Bengal kantha ...

Winters in Bangladesh are very cold. Families with little means could not afford blankets to keep warm. One day, a group of women cut their old saris to size and placed one length of cloth above the ...