Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 If we look into evolution of the human race it has been […]
Fibre – The Basis of All Creation
Article Category: Editorial
Teaching Craft Heritage in Schools: Introductory Essay
Issue #008, 2021 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Traditional craftsmanship is perhaps the most tangible manifestation of intangible cultural heritage. […]
Introductory essay: Block Prints
Issue #007, Winter, 2021 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Creating beauty out of natural materials with rudimentary tools, hard work and a sense of timelessness is something […]
Introduction: Education for Artisans
Issue #006, Autumn, 2020 ISSN: 2581- 9410 This issue of the International Journal of Intangible Cultural Heritage is dedicated to the […]
Craft Through a Rear View Mirror
Issue #003, Autumn, 2019 ISSN: 2581- 9410 I am happy to be here with all of you to Lucknow, and to Sanatkada, […]
In Search of Vishwakarma and His Progeny
Professor Ramaswamy has devoted a lot of time to the study of the Vishwakarma community. You find her studies referring to this community, which is often described as a unified grouping of five subgroups—carpenters, blacksmiths, bell metal workers, goldsmiths, and stone masons- who believe that they are the descendants of Vishwakarma , through his sons. Manu was said […]
Whole Nine Yards and Beyond
This is a tale of a traditional Indian Sari. The garment, which belongs to my mother, is far more that just a personal clothing item. Its warp and weft weaves together historical value of great significance. More than a 100 years old, this sari belonged to my mother’s great-grandmother Gyanadanandini Devi who was the wife […]
Our Past As Our Future
Over 300 weavers gathered in Chirala (AP) in November for a 7-day meet on “Rethinking Indian Industrialization of Crafts”, organized by REEDS (a Hyderabad-based NGO), Handloom Futures Trust, the National Federation for Handloom and Handicrafts, Maastricht University and the University of Leiden. Participants came from twelve states and Thailand, Taiwan, China and Laos. Some travelled […]
Why The Banarasi Sari Is Special
Varanasi has had many names beginning with Baranasi in old Pali scripts, and many others like Avimytaka, Suranshana, Ramya and Kashi, before officially becoming Varanasi only in 1956. The city of Varanasi has an unquantifiable aura of being agelessly old, undefinably spiritual, and offering a sense of peace and continuity when you leave the chaos […]
A Future Handmade
Cultural and creative industries, as defined in UN systems of accounting, today comprise over 6% of the global economy, with a combined GDP potential of $4.3T. Tucked within these staggering statistics are India’s crafts, representing its second largest source of livelihood. While that fact is acclaimed by the highest in the land, activists on the […]