The thousand-year-old upcycling handicraft was traditionally a canvas for ordinary women to tell their stories and express their fears and hopes. Now it's hugely popular again, writes Kalpana Sunder.

The desire to mend, repair and reuse is intrinsic to human nature, though that may be hard to believe in this age of disposable living. Archaeologists have found needles among the ruins of 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 ...

Hand-crafted, sustainable and incredibly charming, patchwork quilts and fabrics are making a real comeback, and they are much ...

Thanks to the efforts of revivalists, Kantha caught fashion designers’ imagination and that of the people. But there exists a similar form of quilting technique from Bihar, which despite its beauty is ...