In an endeavour to promote the Indian weaving craft and to showcase sarees, dress materials and accessories from one of the rich weaving craft centres of India, Central Cottage Industries Corporation ...

In a dim room near the banks of India’s Ganges river, arms glide over a creaking loom as another silken fibre is guided into place with the rhythmic clack of a wooden beam. Mohammad Sirajuddin’s ...

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In recent months, 30-year-old Niru Sonowal and a dozen other women from her northeast Indian village have trekked on foot for miles every day in search of work. Once their chores are done, they set ...