When we think about Sugrii, we often find ourselves going back to the people behind the clothes. The embroidery is what you notice first. Then perhaps the fabric, the colour...

In a village in Kutch, a girl of maybe eight is sitting cross-legged on a charpai, watching her mother's hands. The mother isn't teaching, not exactly — she's just working,...

There is a saree folded in a steel trunk somewhere in almost every Indian home. It has not been worn in years. But no one throws it away. It is...

Kutchi embroidery comes from the Kutch region of...

There are certain crafts in India that refuse to disappear....