Category: The Beginning

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 […]

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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 →

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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