Tag: kantha

Amina Bibi

July 27th, 2020 • admin Amina Bibi learnt the art of kantha making from her mother, aunts and grandmother at home. A hobby became a skill well used when she was married to a good but handicapped man unable to support his family. She started making Kantha items and selling at fairs. She was good and has managed to not [...]Read more →

Amina Bibi – The Kantha Katha

August 6th, 2021 • admin

The award winning Kantha artisan. She was married to a guy who was visually challenged. She used her skills to bring up two boys of whom one has a Govt job and one has joined the army. Empowerment of the artisan!

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Kantha Katha

August 5th, 2020 • admin

Kantha literally means rags. Old sarees stacked together and stitched over with a running stitch. Super soft, mother’s sarees, sarees with all the careworn smells and emotions of a mothers love filters through. Children know surely and instinctitively, their mother’s touch, her breath, her heartbeat. My sister always slept with my ma’s saree clutched in […]

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