Long before ragas, chicken tikka or Bollywood movies were exported from India, there was brisk international demand for the subcontinent’s textiles. These items didn’t simply trickle from local ...

Explore Bandhani textile, a 5,000-year-old Indian craft that inspired the bandana, its history, intricate process, regional ...

The French-Indian block-printing textile designer Brigitte Singh carefully rolls out a piece of fabric adorned with bright red poppy flowers that probably belonged to Mughal emperor Shah Jahan from ...

Textiles designer Brigitte Singh is trying to keep alive the Indian art of block printing that flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries - Copyright AFP Wakil KOHSAR ...

Indian fashion’s textile movement has deep roots, but its current incarnation is nothing short of a revolution. Once celebrated for their heritage value alone, India’s storied weaves and crafts are ...

The Silk Route was a network of ancient trade routes that connected China, India, Central Asia and the Mediterranean. It ...

"Indian textile designs express dazzling inventiveness and creativity, from the woven silks of royalty to the simple block-printed patterns. This authoritative sourcebook overflows with colour and ...

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HINDUPUR, India, Feb 11 (Reuters) - India is hoping its labour-intensive textiles and apparel (T&A) companies will help it address a jobs crisis, and has promised to pump about $2 billion into the ...

Textiles designer Brigitte Singh lovingly lays out a piece of cloth embossed with a red poppy plant she says was probably designed for emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, four centuries ago.