Craftpedia

One craft, one entry. Where it is made, which community makes it, how many steps it takes, and how to tell the real thing from a copy.

How to wash it, store it, wear it and mend it. Natural dyes behave differently from factory dyes. Read this before the first wash, not after.

Real against fake. Silk against cotton for a Delhi summer. Why a handwoven saree costs what it costs. Read here before you decide, not after.

The people behind the cloth: families who have printed, woven or stitched for generations, told the way they tell it, not the way a catalogue does.