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TopicHandicraft

Topic: handicraft

Why the world is obsessed with a Mumbai girl in a hand-stitched jacket, perched atop a JCB backhoe

A 'cool Indian girl' has turned the city's chaos into the world's most unusual global runway. Nonchalance is redefining fashion.

India’s rich culture can boost manufacturing sector. If we can value it

India’s cultural content in the field of art, music, dance, food, festivals, and architecture can catalyse countries' services and manufacturing sectors, particularly MSME and cottage industries.

Modi govt’s The Kunj is making handicrafts luxe, aspirational. It’s no Cottage Emporium

As India’s first mall devoted to handicrafts, The Kunj has more in common with the swanky DLF Emporio nearby than with its Nehru-era sibling, Cottage Emporium in Janpath.

Indian artisan economy isn’t just about sustaining traditions. It needs market-driven approach

A critical issue in the artisan sector is the disparity in value distribution, with artisans who are at the heart of production often receiving the smallest share of profits.

Manipur opens online store on Amazon, makes unique handicraft easily available to country

The e-commerce giant has already roped in several states, government bodies to display India’s heritage, as well as digitise small businesses.

How Ranodeep Saha & Vijaya Kumar Thalanki Rajagopal’s startup Rare Planets is helping craftsmen

Rare Planet was launched in 2017. Its products are listed on e-commerce websites and they have partnered with NBFCs to increase the salability of their products.

On Camera

TMC’s home run in Presidency looks secure. Why the math everywhere else is on shaky ground

If the 'math' fails this time, it would have less to do with the voters changing their minds, and more to do with the very ground beneath all calculations being swept away. 

Indian negotiating team headed to US next week for another round of trade agreement talks

The earlier interim trade deal announced by India was based on tariff rates imposed by the US on the IEEPA. The IEEPA was struck down by the US Supreme Court in February.

Aerospace, defence overtake pharma to form chunk of Telangana’s exports. Next stop: aero-engine capital

At over Rs 32,000 crore in FY 26, defence and aerospace account for over a third of the state’s exports, beating pharma for the first time since 2014.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.