Category: Why Qissaa

The Qissaa Story – Jhelum

August 6th, 2016 • admin

Jhelum and her soft narration

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The Qissaa Story – Urmi Basu The New Light

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The Right Way

August 5th, 2021 • admin

I grew up an idealist and critical of the Mahatma. His attitude towards Kasturba and son piqued me. His Experiments with truth with Manu and Abha riled me. I read somewhere that it cost a fortune to keep him living in poverty, I felt he favoured Nehru and negotiated an unfair deal for our Independence. […]

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The Romance of the Kanjeevaram

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 […]

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The Saree Qissaa

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The Store

October 5th, 2016 • admin

Vibha Mitra, I the sutradhar! A woman who was taught to fashion a career out of academics and managed to achieve the merits. My heart however has remained with the Arts! Literature, philosophy. Colours. Textures and designs   fascinated me as did Indian myths and traditions. I loved soaking in art – paintings, textiles, nature, people, […]

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The Story of Khadi

August 6th, 2021 • admin

It began with Khadi demanding Swadeshi to restore the Indian traditions to become self reliant. Arup Rakshit of MGGS Sutrakara working at the grassroots with farmers talks of the How Why Where When of desi cotton The Charkha, the wheel of life turns and the spindles draw out the thread from bolls of cotton. Up […]

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