Category: Bihar

  • Celebrate Womanhood with Jaypore

    Celebrate Womanhood with Jaypore

    International Women’s Day: How Women Artisans are Crafting the Stories of their Own Lives She feeds her family, is nearly always the primary care-giver, works the fields to produce half the world’s food supply and contributes to nearly two-thirds of the world’s cumulative work hours – so says the United Nations. That’s what a woman…

  • Madhubani – More Than Just A Picture on the Wall

    Originating in Bihar, Madhubani or Mithila paintings were once drawn on walls and doors of homes as a gesture to delight God. As the time progressed, the art graduated to other mediums like cloth, hand-made paper and even canvas.  And today, it has become widely popular, owing to its unique designs and rustic look. The figures…