MohaArongo, a 44-foot nakshi kantha installation at Aarong’s Dhanmondi store, showcases Bangladesh’s rich craftsmanship. Designed by Samiul Alam, it merges tradition, sustainability ...

Showcasing indigenous knowledge of practices of climate care and lived experiences of climate calamities, visualised in Nakshi Kantha textile (traditional Bengali diaspora embroidery technique), ...

Glass Cypress releases a limited-edition collaboration with Scarr’s Pizza The four-piece capsule takes inspiration from the classi chef’s uniform Capsule drops online later this week Houston ...

Today, after years of working with nakshi kantha, Chatterjee takes little over a month to complete a single piece of art, which she stresses is actually speedy work. One of her ongoing projects ...

Sir — At least 12 people were mowed down by a passing train and 10 others injured after they had to deboard the Pushpak Express, which was running on a parallel track, owing to rumours of a fire (“12 ...

An arts and cultural festival celebrating Bengali artists is taking place in Birmingham. A series of events are being held between 16-23 November for Bangla Week 2024. The festival, organised by ...

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. The University of Sydney – where we write, publish and distribute Honi Soit – is on the sovereign land of ...

The final product — a beautiful bed sheet intricately stitched from corner to corner with motifs of paisleys, flowers, and geometric patterns. My bedspread is a vivacious Nakshi Kantha artefact.

No wonder the local handcrafted item obtained a geographical indication (GI) earlier this year. The district is also officially branded as the 'Land of Nakshi Kantha' by the government, and the Nakshi ...

She was taught by her mother Pritikana Goswami — she is originally from eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh) — who has been working for over 30 years to revive the ancient Nakshi Kantha embroidery ...