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Abhijit Bannerjee

August 5th, 2021 • admin

Venkatesh Narasimhan the MD of Cooptex and his team, came to Kolkata with a trunk full of sarees. “Vintage kanjivarams and handwovens”! Silks, cottons. South sarees in general. We worked hard in conjunction. I became a facilitator. A very dear friend Rachna Ashok had spoken of Venkatesh sir and how her repository of sarees and knowledge had grown […]

Baisali and The Poem

August 5th, 2016 • admin

You look at me, child, and you laugh. You call me old-fashioned, traditional, simple. Oh, my dear girl, my lovely love, my fire-brand modernista — call me what you will… I am happy to be. But, before you shut these cupboard doors and laughingly dismiss me as impractical exotica, tell me first… what stories do […]

Forgotten Weaves Gauda not Kunbhi

August 5th, 2021 • admin

Textile traditions and ecosystems around weavers have succumbed to modernisation and have survived and renewed its energy. Weaving as an occupation is Progressive efficient decentralised aligned with agriculture. The Goan tradition is connected to Bengal (Gaud Saraswat). The saree is called kaapad. Shakti worship was the worship of anthill or mother earth. The Devi […]

Forgotten Weaves Punarjeevana

August 5th, 2021 • admin

Hemlatha – Punarjeevana. A re-life Hemalatha Jain is a fascinating woman, dedicated, never say die, honest, committed to her cause which is finding the lost weaves of Karnataka. Patteda anchu is also known as dundina seere or devaru seere or laxmi seere. Jedara Dasimayya wrote about it in the 10th century. He talks about colours […]

Kantha of Katna

August 5th, 2021 • admin

The Eye of the Needle – An event by The Crafts Coucil of West Bengal – A talk by Shabnam Ramaswamy Shabnam – To smile for! It is dusk. A verandah in Katna, a small town in West Bengal. An assortment of women with complaints against domestic violence, maybe rape. A woman presiding over proceedings, […]

My Ma and Qissaa

August 5th, 2018 • admin

My Qissaa The story travels back 32 years when my love affair with Indian textiles began. My ma marched me down to Dakshinapan and layered my wardrobe with the Indian idiom. My wedding trousseau was resplendent with the colours and textures of India. Kanjivaram, Bomkai, Sambalpuri, Pochampalli, Maheswari, Chanderi, Patola, Bandhani,Leheriya, Zardozi, Kantha, Dhakai, Baluchari, […]

My Qissaa

December 2nd, 2017 • Vibha Mitra

My journey at Qissaa has been focussed exciting wayward adventurous. My love for textiles prompted me to ask pertinent questions always and as a consequence my data bank was considerable. I wanted hand woven stuff imperfections and all. My dream was to curate stuff from all over the country like my ma initiated my love [...]Read more →

Story Time @Qissaa

August 6th, 2018 • admin

Nivedita dramatises a touching story

Sustainable Fashion Insights #myqissaa

July 28th, 2020 • Vibha Mitra

Fashion is sexy, addictive exclusive and fast-moving. Sustainability is slowness, care, it is flourishing responsible. The fashion industry until very recently has not been very sustainable. We are drowning in textiles. Sales have increased dramatically in the last 20 years. Do you know that you have 4 times the no of clothes than your parents [...]Read more →