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  • Shankar's International Dolls Museum
    December 8, 2020 Meghana Rao

    Shankar's International Dolls Museum

    Set up by the renowned political cartoonist K. Shankar Pillai (1902-1989), Shankar's International Dolls Museum has the largest collection of costume dolls anywhere in the world.⁣⁣Housed in the building of the Children's Book Trust on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New...

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  • The Association with Lambadi Women Artisans
    December 2, 2020 Meghana Rao

    The Association with Lambadi Women Artisans

    Aditi Jain, a textile designer, and Swami of Kaskom had jointly raised funds for artisans during the early days of the pandemic. V. Swaminathan founded Kaskom, an initiative to revive the indigenous cotton varieties and its cultivation across India. Aditi...

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  • Good for a 1,00,000 Years!
    September 10, 2020 Mallika Priya

    Good for a 1,00,000 Years!

    Beads are one of the oldest types of the archaeological artefact - with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery. Imagine that! a 1,00,000 years!
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  • Yellow- The Colour of Friendship
    September 3, 2020 Mallika Priya

    Yellow- The Colour of Friendship

    Yellow is the colour of smiles and sunshine. It is bright, cheerful and optimistic. Yellow symbolises intuition and wisdom; it is the natural symbol of enlightenment.
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  • Of Lines and Dots -The Gond Art
    August 27, 2020 Mallika Priya

    Of Lines and Dots -The Gond Art

    The freedom of imagination is a gift the Gond artists inherit. Simple lines and dots are meticulously and imaginatively drawn to depict a scene from nature and life around.
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  • Celebrating Innovation on National Handloom Day
    August 6, 2020 Mallika Priya

    Celebrating Innovation on National Handloom Day

    Handloom weaving has existed and even thrived in India for many millennia. However, it was Gandhiji’s adoption of Khadi which helped it become an emblem of India’s independence movement and handloom weaving a paradigm of self-reliance. What is required is for handloom and Khadi to be adopted into contemporary wear. It is in this area that institutions such as Gandhigram are innovating by adapting and changing to remain relevant to the present time.
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  • What You Get is More Than What You See
    July 31, 2020 Mallika Priya

    What You Get is More Than What You See

    Organic desi cotton could well be the fabric of our life and times! It is not just eco-friendly and durable, but also completely natural. A fabric that breathes, it is super-absorbent making it cool to wear all year long. From raw material to finished product, it only spells better cotton all the way…



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