Dastkar

 (Clockwise from top left) Air India’s air hostesses; sari-clad scientists; air hostesses welcoming guests; a 1950s ad for a ‘modern’ girl; and designer Manish Malhotra with Katrina Kaif. | Photo Credit: Getty Images and Special…

After three years, the Dastkar Bazaar is back with over 100 craft entrepreneurs from 16 Indian states. Discussing how this edition is especially important to the artisans, Shelly Jain, head of programmes at Dastkar, explains how many of…

On the heels of the biggest global fashion collaboration featuring an Indian designer, we’re asking the wrong questions. The Hindu Weekend finds out more Barely a week into designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s global collaboration with…

Dastkar’s marketing platform empowers the crafts community to sidestep the exploitative middleman and operate directly in the market. (Picture courtesy: IE)Dastkar Bazaar is Pune’s one-stop shop for everything crafts and handlooms and a…