A GI tag protects a name, not the person who earns it. Here's what a Geographical Indication actually covers, how India registers one, and why a weaver's income still depends...
A GI tag protects a name, not the person who earns it. Here's what a Geographical Indication actually covers, how India registers one, and why a weaver's income still depends...
A weaver's month of work on a sari that retails for thirty thousand rupees earns them barely a quarter of that. A 2026 study finally puts hard numbers on India's...
A weaver's month of work on a sari that retails for thirty thousand rupees earns them barely a quarter of that. A 2026 study finally puts hard numbers on India's...
Before a thread is ever dyed or woven, a farmer has already decided a garment's environmental fate. Here is why the plants behind India's natural dyes carry as much weight...
Before a thread is ever dyed or woven, a farmer has already decided a garment's environmental fate. Here is why the plants behind India's natural dyes carry as much weight...
Textiles rarely make an India itinerary, yet six museums hold some of its oldest sustainable fashion stories. A city-by-city guide to where to find them.
Textiles rarely make an India itinerary, yet six museums hold some of its oldest sustainable fashion stories. A city-by-city guide to where to find them.
A dupatta can cost ten times more in a shop than on a roadside stall. This piece traces that gap through wages, middlemen and GI tags to ask who really...
A dupatta can cost ten times more in a shop than on a roadside stall. This piece traces that gap through wages, middlemen and GI tags to ask who really...