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Goodbye Dear Friends
Over our five months in India, we’ve made many good friends among fellow Fulbright colleagues, university faculty and students, artisans, photographers…
Mar 9
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Fight House
On the way to dinner last night, I saw this just erected large billboard prominently displayed in downtown Ahmedabad.
Mar 8
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Hand Spun, Hand Loom
It was 10 am on a mid-December day, when we arrived in the small village of Ponduru, in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Mar 6
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Confidence in Portraits
During our five months here in India, I’ve spent considerable time on the streets photographing the urban environments of Ahmedabad and some of the…
Mar 4
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"This is my medicine"
Our last visit in Kutch was with ajrakh block printer, Sufiyan Khatri, who lives in the village of Ajrakhpur, which literally means the city of Ajrakh.
Mar 3
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What is a sari?
This short video features our friend Vrushali in the textile showroom of ajrakh artist Sufiyan Khatri, whom we will be featuring in an upcoming blog…
Mar 2
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“Every Day, New Learning”
Another artist we met eleven years ago, was Ajrakh block printer, Adam Khatri.
Mar 1
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February 2025
Shoes
There is an almost universal cultural practice in India regarding removing one’s shoes before stepping into your own or someone else’s home.
Feb 28
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“First See our Faces, then Look at our Work”
These words were spoken by Dineshbhai, who along with his brothers continue the family tradition of handloom weaving, a practice that has endured for…
Feb 25
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Desert Glamping & Dancing on Salt
At the start of our 10-day visit to Kutch in western Gujarat, we decided to splurge and attend the Rann Utsav festival.
Feb 19
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Birding in Banni
During our recent trip to Kutch in the western region of Gujarat, as part of Shira’s textile and natural dyeing research, we spent a day bird watching…
Feb 18
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Patience and Passion
For any textile lover, no stay in Gujarat is complete without a journey to the region of Kutch, where many textile artists and artisans reside and…
Feb 17
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