For traditional crafts to survive, preserving them may not be enough—they may also need to be reimagined. That’s the idea an ongoing exhibition in Delhi explores, using West Bengal’s kantha embroidery ...

At first glance, the textiles in the ‘Threads that Bind’ exhibition look like art pieces meant for the wall—vivid surfaces of stitched colour and layered fabrics, with lines that seem almost painterly ...

Long before it entered galleries or design studios, kantha lived in the rhythms of everyday life. In homes across Bengal, layers of worn cotton saris and dhotis were stacked together and held in place ...

Veteran Tamil producer and director Keyaar dismissed the comparisons between yesteryear Tamil superstar M. G. Ramachandran and Telugu actor Kantha Rao. “MGR was comparable to NTR in Telugu cinema and ...

An IAS officer of the 1992 batch, VL Kantha Rao has assumed charge of the new Secretary of the Ministry of Mines. Rao belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre and was serving as the Additional Secretary of ...

The worn cotton muslin sarees and dhotis of rural women and men of Bengal were rarely thrown away. Instead, they were layered and stitched together. The resultant fabric was used as a quilt.

A crude remark about M.G. Ramachandran (MGR) made by Telugu actor Rajendra Prasad at an awards ceremony in Hyderabad has triggered a wave of condemnation from the Tamil film industry, with South ...

A remark about late M. G. Ramachandran made by Telugu actor Rajendra Prasad during an awards ceremony in Hyderabad has sparked widespread criticism from members of the Tamil film industry, with ...

The government today granted permission for an Iranian warship with 208 on board to enter the country.