TIGANESTI, Romania From the sanctity of a 19th-century convent, Romanian nuns weave vivid, Byzantine cloth for Orthodox priests. Now word of the sumptuous silk has reached fashion designers — and soon ...
Khamson Srathong, 78, sits comfortably in front of a weaving loom under her raised-floor house in Ban Phon village in Kalasin's Kham Muang district. Despite her old age, her hands move synchronously ...
Ahead of India's 68th Independence Day, NDTV visits Banetha village, 50 km from Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, where 14 families still weave the cloth that goes into the making of our national flag.