Tag: India

  • National Handloom Day – Celebrating Threads of Tradition in India

    National Handloom Day – Celebrating Threads of Tradition in India

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    Every year, National Handloom Day is celebrated on August 7, 2024, in India, It is a vibrant homage to the rich tapestry of Indian tradition, culture, and craftsmanship. This day is not just a special day for the skilled artisans who weave magic with threads, but also a reminder of the stories, heritage, and art that bind our…

  • Electricity-Free Clay Refrigerator Saves Factory

    Electricity-Free Clay Refrigerator Saves Factory

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    In 2001, the founder of Mitticool ceramics learned many of his customers in India don’t have regular access to electricity. So he invented a fridge made out of clay. It keeps food 8 degrees cooler than the outside air, but it doesn’t need any electricity to run. And while other ceramics companies in the region…

  • How Traditional Societies Harvest Rainwater

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    In her show Sunita Narain talks about her journey through India’s villages where she learned about the extraordinary ways in which traditional societies harvest rainwater.

  • Integrating Traditional Knowledge into our Contemporary Society

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    Bijendra Gogoi perfectly expresses my sentiments about traditional knowledge in the June 2nd issue of The Sentinel. The great Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda said, “But out of the past is built the future. Look back, therefore, as far as you can, drink deep of the eternal fountains that are behind, and after that, look forward,…

  • Lambi Judaai – Reshma

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    Lambi Judaai – Reshma Lambi Judaai – Reshma Reshma was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan to a Banjara (Gypsy) family around 1947. She did not receive any formal education and spent much of her childhood singing at the mazars (shrines) of the mystic saints of Sindh. She once said in an interview, “I was born in a family of saudagars (traders) in…

  • Roma Narsinghani Bridges Her Cultural Roots With Biomaterial Design

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    What drew me to Roma Narsinghani’s beautiful jewelry is her view that “bringing your cultural identity into contemporary jewelry design requires a bridge between the past and the future.” Roma’s brand is about the responsible sourcing of materials in her design aesthetic. Being conscious is more than a belief, it is a commitment to harmonizing…

  • Respecting Indigenous Knowledge

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    I’ve long been interested in the culture of villages, particularly as it pertains to my Croatian background.  Although our “peasants” have often been caricatured as close-minded and backward, they are the keepers of our heritage, its arts, crafts and traditions. Their farming practices, honed over centuries, have helped to preserve a wide range of native…

  • Photo of the Day

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    Biswajit Dihidar shares his thoughts and stories through the lens of his camera.  Check out Viewfound for more intriguing pictures…  

  • Natural Dyes Save Lives

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    Conventional textile manufacturing is poisonous to its workers and to the land, but there are alternatives. A new crop of small businesses is investing in organic farming, natural dyes and a transparent supply chain that encourages shoppers to think about the effect of their purchases — and they’re selling their products online and in a…

  • Unravel Documentary

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    This is the final resting place of your cast-off clothing When people in the West throw their clothes away, their cast-offs often go on a journey east, across the oceans, to India’s industrial interior. From the Kutch District of western India to the northern city of Panipat, garment recyclers turn into yarn the huge bales…