In Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad district, textile printing is shaped by a long-standing craft tradition where the tools of the trade are as important as the fabric itself. The district is widely known ...

“I have been doing block printing work for the past 20 years with my husband,” 40-year-old Musarrat Fayyaz tells The News on Sunday (TNS). “Our family has been associated with the centuries-old art ...

Once associated with traditional or bohemian interiors, block prints are returning for 2026 in a far more refined, versatile form. Designers are embracing them as both bold statements and artisanal ...

It is 5 AM and Kiran is hurrying to get the morning meal ready. Dawn is just about to break in Jhag, a small Rajasthan village about 40 km from Jaipur, and the young woman is eager to finish all ...

Woodblock printing is a quintessential example of art transcending history and border throughout the South Asian subcontinent. It originated in China, and remained to be the most non-communal method ...

Everyone has worn kurtas, dupattas or sarees with the iconic floral or geometric hand-prints from Rajasthan. But given the tough times that the crafts community of block printers is facing in the wake ...