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Qissaa Y

April 5th, 2019 • admin

Textile narratives! Legends of the Indian artisan. Regional traditions, culture and history! Qissaa is the yarn, anecdote, the story. The story of the artisan. The weave, the warp, the weft tells a tale. It is a living testimony to the skill and deft manipulations of the weaver. It talks of the transformation of the humble […]

Story Telling Festival

September 14th, 2021 • admin

Kolkata: A unique storytelling festival — focusing on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s works — will take off on May 20 in the City of Joy. The three-day fest will pack in performances by artistes like Bijoylakshmi Barman, Pramita Mallik and theatre director, Usha Ganguly. The festival, titled Qisssa@Quisssa will be curated by Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee […]

Story Time @Qissaa

August 6th, 2018 • admin

Nivedita dramatises a touching story

The Art of Spinning – At it – Aarushi Taparia

August 6th, 2021 • admin

The Box Charkha used by Gandhi in prison makes it convenient to spin wherever you are. Spin yarn, up and down, round and about, intuitive movements to stop the yarn from breaking. Therapeutic! Coordinated movements. Start em young

The Art of spinning on a Charkha – Sharon tries her hand at it

August 6th, 2021 • admin

The Box Charkha used by Gandhi in prison makes it convenient to spin wherever you are. Spin yarn, up and down, round and about, intuitive movements to stop the yarn from breaking. Therapeutic!

The Art of Spinning on Charkha

August 6th, 2021 • admin

The Box Charkha used by Gandhi in prison makes it convenient to spin wherever you are. Spin yarn, up and down, round and about, intuitive movements to stop the yarn from breaking. Ruby Rakshit of MGGS demonsttrates this fascinating skill to empower women and bring empowerment! Change!

The Invites

August 5th, 2016 • admin

The Dhakai Jamdanis we wore were always fragile. They tore easily after a couple of wears and no one knew why. After my Qissaa journey began I met savants and I learnt that the sarees made are a mix of silk and cotton, the sturdier cotton cut the silk yarn. However the ones from Bangladesh […]

The Launch

October 5th, 2016 • admin

The Qissaa, the anecdote, albeit story of mine Why “Sutradhar”… Sutra is the thread, the yarn, the narrative… “dhar “ is holding together, the knot, the weave. Together it is the raconteur, presenter. Hence the epithet! September 16th I always wanted a space to share conversations and stories. I found it and the launch was […]

The Photo Shoot

October 5th, 2016 • admin

I met Paramita, a creative dancer who used art to promote concepts. A teacher at Opus also a frien Eshan introduced me to Momma Kuchipudi dancer. She knew Paramita. The Qissaa journey began with pulling out all my sarees and planning who would wear what. We were completely in sync about the fact that we […]