Despite Mirpur Katan sarees earning GI status, Mirpur’s weavers still battle rising costs, lack of recognition, poor ...

Varanasi: After ensuring trademark registration as 'Silk Banarasi' for international branding of Banarasi saris, the Uttar Pradesh State Sericulture C.

Patna: LJP (RV) chief and union minister Chirag Paswan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to open a mega textile park under ‘PM Mitra Yojana’ in Bhagalpur, known as silk city and ...

A pure zari Banarasi silk, on average, costs between ₹30,000-40,000 ... In the village of Cholapur, a one-hour drive from Varanasi, lives Aarif Ansari, a master weaver who weaves intricate wedding ...

It is a first-hand account of the life of a working-class Muslim woman from a weaver family in Benaras (Varanasi). Syeda has to migrate ... Muslim weavers and the Hindu traders of Banarasi silk sarees ...

How can we keep going,” said Babulal, a weaver from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi who primarily deals in Benarasi silk weaving. In cities like Chandigarh, Agra and Surajkund, they have to submit a ...

John Varghese, School of Fashion, World University of Design, Benaras’s silk weaving is renowned ... a third-generation weaver, expressed his delight at her selecting one of his Lakkha buti saris.

while Sanon looked like a vision in a sindoori red Banarasi silk lehenga. #WATCH | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: Actress Kriti Sanon and actor Ranveer Singh participate in a fashion show curated by ...

Woven in Varanasi and Mubarakpur of Azamgarh, silk ties, scarfs ... their demand is high in the international market. Master weaver Azim Babu said mainly five types of silk, including mulberry ...

Barring Nalli, most of the heritage brands such as Rasi Silk in the south or Ushnak Mal in the north are ... from organisations promoting traditional weaves or directly from a weaver. Fortune India ...