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Painting the jungle
Baiga art is bright and beautiful and looks fabulous on a wall. “It’s our traditional craft and we love doing …
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Who moved my cheese?
A rural life, as a traditional farmer, may sound good, but it is not without its challenges. Ask Samuel Yonzon, …
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Terracotta beauties
Mansi Verma's stall sells a delightful jumble of things you’d love to take home. An attractive lamp glows gently behind …
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Neem tableware
The wondrous neem tree is famous for its many medicinal qualities. While neem leaf and bark have been used for …
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Rustic wool
India’s rich tradition in wool is fading from memory. For centuries pastoral communities sheared wool from sheep and sold it …
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Hemp the superstar
Hemp or cannabis sativa is a tall plant with deep roots that has been serving humanity since time immemorial. Hempire, …
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Art and a story
Patachitra is Bengal’s traditional art of scroll painting, still largely done with natural colours. Patuas or chitrakars are a community …
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Golden spice
Aranyam Natural Options specializes in turmeric, the super spice that the West has fallen in love with. Meenakshi Bhardwaj, co-founder …
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Mahua for health and wealth
The versatile mahua tree is a gift from nature. It yields wealth in many forms — as food, fodder, oil …
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A dollop of ancient ghee
A spoon of delectable ghee always uplifts the taste of Indian food. More so if it is made the traditional …
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Dolls to remember
WHAT’s a doll with a past? A heritage doll. Meet queen Gowdung Rani, fearsome female warrior Gambari Sikla, the kingly …
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Masters of healthy noodles
NOODLES come with irresistible charms. Children who won’t eat their meals will happily slurp up a bowl of noodles. Working …
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A gift of rice
From Onam to Pongal is the festive season when we meet and greet friends and families. We agonize over the …
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Donkey’s milk great for soap
WASIM has been earning from his donkeys for years by putting them out to work at construction sites and getting …
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Putting heart into coffee
WHERE does really good coffee grow? Deep in the forest, on homesteads in the midst of nature in the Western …
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Earthy skin
First Water Solutions offers a range of natural cosmetic products from solid perfumes and face scrubs to body lotions and …
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Arty puzzles
FroggMag sells folk, tribal and miniature art jigsaw puzzles. Run by Shalini Ghosh, an alumnus of the National Institute of …
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Goatskin guitar
Tsering Angchuk is a musician from Changtang in Ladakh. Sitting inside a stall at Dilli Haat, he strums a traditional …
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Paper craft
There is life after death for old newspapers. Craft City, a social enterprise, turns discarded newspapers into attractive and durable …
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Sweet and healthy
Maakrit makes delectable jams, chutneys and craft chocolates. All their products are made with natural ingredients. No refined sugar, preservatives …
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Fabric from plants and flowers
Anuradha Singh is an expert in eco-printing, a a method by which she extracts natural dye from a plant and …
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A survey of Goa’s unique old houses
GOA is practically littered with mesmerizing houses and government buildings that hark back to 450 years of colonial rule. So …
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Attractive cloth bags
Paalaguttapalle Bags are produced by Dalitwada women from Paalaguttapalle, a small village in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. They stitch a range …
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Natural soaps
Earthen Myrra offers natural and handmade skin-care products. Based in Bengaluru, they have soaps, scrubs and bath salts. Their soaps …
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Weaves from the Northeast
The Nomi – Weavers Nest offers handcrafted jewellery, textiles and ethnic wear from the Northeast made by local artisans. Nomi …
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When craft is a style statement
RANGSUTRA’s first store is in the midst of Saidulajab’s byzantine lanes in Delhi, jostling with cafes, offices and homes. In …
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iTokri is in a sweet spot
IN 2012, when Jia and Nitin Pamnani moved back to Gwalior from New Delhi, they wondered what work they could …
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Rakshak for girls
Vyomini sells biodegradable sanitary napkins called Rakshak. Made from cotton fabric, banana pulp and bamboo pulp, the napkins are free …
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Tangy SHRAM foods
In 2008, Piyusha Abbhi, a young MBA graduate, decided to put her management skills to use at the grassroots by …
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Colourful carpets
In Mirzapur, India’s oldest carpet weaving hub, generation after generation is trained to become gifted weavers. The Mirzapur Dari Weavers’ …
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Himachali fruit wine
FRUIT wines have their own charm, especially if they come from Himachal Pradesh and are made from the wonderful fruits …
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The goodness of nut milk
IF you are lactose intolerant, have dietary restrictions or are just vegan by choice, chances are you are looking out …
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Winter knits
Kilmora’s sweaters and mufflers evoke memories of woollens knitted by grandmothers and aunts. The woollens are made by rural women …
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Village weaves and Kaziranga Haat
Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi lives in the vicinity of the Kaziranga National Park. For a long time she noted the huge …
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