The thousand-year-old upcycling handicraft was traditionally a canvas for ordinary women to tell their stories and express their fears and hopes. Now it's hugely popular again, writes Kalpana Sunder.

The kantha motifs are drawn from everyday life and include representations of folk tales, epics, mythological figures, animals, fish, plants, and ceremonial themes. Last year, Mahua Lahiri was the ...

The origin of Kantha is unknown but the art flourished in Bengal and Bangladesh over the last 500 years. Kolkata: The simple running stitch most of us learnt at school is making waves in Kolkata.

There is not a single household in Bangladesh that does not know of the Nakshi Kantha. Every newborn has his own 'Kantha' (quilt) – even if not the 'Nakshi' variant, but one possibly made by a close ...

Shop from the empowering label of Self Help Enterprise (SHE) Kantha - Malika's Kantha Collection at the NUMAISH summer show 2022. With over 80 designers, NUMAISH has the finest labels for wedding, ...