In a remarkable stride towards modernization, Ahilaa, a leading name in hand embroidery, has spearheaded a transformation in India's age-old hand embroidery. Embroidery is one of the oldest and most ...

In today’s world, where machines make most of our clothes, India’s hand embroideries still have something special about them. They remind us of the time when clothes were made slowly, with care and ...

The art of embroidery was an important part of a woman's education in China, at least until a few generations ago. Embroidered items also had a crucial role in rites and rituals, with carefully ...

Over 45 years ago, Chanda Shroff was part of a volunteer drought relief mission in India’s isolated northwestern Gujarat state, which had suffered a half decade of drought. Many local villagers in the ...