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How the Karaga Bearers Balance the Floral Pyramid in Karnataka
On one night every year in the heart of old Bengaluru, a man dressed as a woman walks barefoot through...
How the Bhotiya Weavers of Uttarakhand Kept a Himalayan Textile Tradition Alive
The Bhotiya weavers of the Uttarakhand Himalayas have been spinning wool at altitudes where most things do not grow and...
How Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Saved India’s Artisan Heritage
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay understood something about Indian handicrafts that the newly independent government of 1947 did not immediately grasp, that the...
Poush Mela and the Baul Singers Who Keep Shantiniketan’s Soul Alive
Every December, in the red-soil village of Shantiniketan in West Bengal's Birbhum district, something happens that has been happening without...
Rann Utsav Under the Full Moon: Where the Salt Desert Comes Alive
There is a night in the Rann of Kutch that people who have seen it struggle to describe accurately. The...
Tarnetar Fair: The Umbrella Processions That Carry Gujarat’s Soul
In the village of Tarnetar in Gujarat's Saurashtra region, every monsoon brings one of the most visually extraordinary gatherings in...
Kharchi Puja: Where Fourteen Deities Cleanse the Soul of Tripura
Every year in the monsoon month of Ashar, the ancient city of Old Agartala holds its breath for seven days...
Yaoshang Festival: The Spring That Lights Up Manipur
Every spring in Manipur, something quietly extraordinary happens. The full moon rises over the Kangla plains, bonfires crackle through the...
The Mythological World Woven Inside a Baluchari Saree
Hidden inside the folds of a Baluchari saree is an entire civilization. Woven into pure mulberry silk on pit looms...
How Banjara Embroidery Maps the Journeys of a Nomadic People
Every stitch in a Banjara embroidery piece holds a direction. The mirrors catch light the way open roads catch sunlight...
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