Nearly 100 years later, the “secret pain” that Bengali poet Jasimuddin wrote of in 1929 is still being stitched into nakshi kantha. This style of hand embroidery, traditionally on old saris, has been ...
KOLKATA- Tripti Mukherjee, a renowned handicraft artist from Suri in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, who has empowered thousands of rural women through the art of Kantha stitch, has credited her ...
In the face of extreme poverty after marriage in 2001, Salma Khatun did not just sit back. Capitalising on her drawing skills, she started making Nakshi Kantha, hand-crafted traditional embroidered ...
The ongoing Nakshi Kantha Film Festival in Kolkata -- featuring Bangladeshi films -- is drawing a sizeable number of filmmakers, film critics and enthusiasts. The festival has been organised by ...
Saris, wall hangings, garments with exquisite threadwork on display and sale at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala till 8pm on October 8 Barnini Maitra Chakraborty Published 08.10.23, 05:25 PM ...
A new potential life of Shahnaz Khatun has been revealed after being involved in making Nakshi Kantha, a type of traditional embroidered quilt, within the last couple of years. Currently, she’s making ...
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