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Pattu weaving is fraying at the edges

Ufaq Fatima
Editor : Swadesha Sharma

Bandipore
Aug. 25, 2023
- English
- Urdu
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Telugu
Kotpad sarees: a weave in time

Kavita Carneiro
Text Editor : Vishaka George

Dongriguda
Aug. 12, 2023
- English
- Odia
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
The firecracker artisans of Tulunadu

Faisal Ahmed
Text Editor : Siddhita Sonavane

Dakshina Kannada
Aug. 7, 2023
- English
- Kannada
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Urdu
Chadar Badni puppets at Santhal festival

Smita Khator
Editor : Vishaka George

Birbhum
July 21, 2023
- English
- Bengali
- Assamese
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
All work and no play for cricket ball makers

Shruti Sharma
Editor : Riya Behl

Meerut
July 17, 2023
- English
- Hindi
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
Chalangi’s skilled chatai weaver

Student Reporter : Anjani Sanga
Editors : Aakanksha and Swadesha Sharma

Chalangi
July 16, 2023
- English
- Hindi
- Bengali
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Urdu
'I work for days and earn nothing'

Muzamil Bhat
Editor : Punam Thakur

Srinagar
July 12, 2023
- English
- Urdu
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Telugu
'Fish turned me into a good photographer'

M. Palani Kumar
Translator : Kavitha Muralidharan
Photo Editor : Binaifer Bharucha

Madurai
June 26, 2023
- English
- Tamil
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Telugu
- Urdu
The many masks of Majuli

Riya Behl
Editor : Priti David

Majuli
June 19, 2023
- English
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Urdu
Srinagar’s wood carver, still chiselling

Student Reporter : Moosa Akbar
Editor : Riya Behl

Srinagar
June 13, 2023
- English
- Urdu
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Telugu
Narayan Desai’s jugaad with the shehnai

Sanket Jain
Editor : Sangeeta Menon

Manakapur
June 12, 2023
- English
- Marathi
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Urdu
Tholpavakoothu puppetry is for everyone

Sangeeth Sankar
Text Editor : Archana Shukla

Koonathara, Vaniyamkulam
May 29, 2023
- English
- Malayalam
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Chhattisgarhi
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Marathi
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu

Things We Make

Pattu weaving is fraying at the edges

Kotpad sarees: a weave in time

The firecracker artisans of Tulunadu

Chadar Badni puppets at Santhal festival

All work and no play for cricket ball makers

Chalangi’s skilled chatai weaver

'I work for days and earn nothing'

'Fish turned me into a good photographer'

The many masks of Majuli

Srinagar’s wood carver, still chiselling

Narayan Desai’s jugaad with the shehnai

Tholpavakoothu puppetry is for everyone

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