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Guaranteed to bleed: the checked cloth from a fishing village

By Isla Quinn Red into blue into green. Wash it and the colours run into each other. That was the […]

By Ines Keane Turn a kantha over and the story is in the stitches. Small, even, in a line, never […]

By Porter Lang Start with the loom. A hand-knotted carpet from the Bhadohi-Mirzapur region of Uttar Pradesh is made on […]

By Rafe Calder The sources cannot agree on the year the Taj Mahal was started. One says 1631, another 1632. […]

By Ines Keane Most coffee is judged on how fresh it is. One Indian coffee is judged on how it […]

By Porter Lang Start with the kit. A wire-drawing machine. A twisting tool and a needle. Die cuts for circles […]

By Rafe Calder The ledger first. In November 2017 West Bengal was granted a Geographical Indication for “Banglar Rasogolla”. In […]

By Isla Quinn Four minarets. Four arches. Four roads running out from the middle, and one of them lined with […]

By Rafe Calder Khadi is plain cloth. It is also a trademark, a government commission, a political argument and a […]

By Porter Lang No kiln. No press. No glaze. An Athangudi tile is a cement tile that is poured, set, […]