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Indigenous crafts to be celebrated at Dastkari Haat Craft Bazaar from October 30

October 26, 2025 11:33 pm

Known for reviving and celebrating traditional craftsmanship, it will feature artisans from across the country, each representing a unique regional art form

Handmade Tales: A walk through Dastkar's annual winter bazaar in Delhi

January 11, 2025 4:59 pm

Known to support the sustainable livelihoods of craftspeople, this exhibition has become an annual tradition.

Laila Tyabji on summer and the ever-giving six yards

June 18, 2023 10:35 am

A garment that never becomes dated, each sari becomes the person who wears it.

A tradition broken by Covid-19, Dastkari Haat returns to Pune carrying crafts from across the country

November 13, 2021 7:26 am

Dastkari Haat gets underway at Dutch Palace on Bund Garden Road, Pune, from Saturday. Dastkari Haat Samiti has been supporting the crafts community of India and creating an artisan-buyer ecosystem for more than 35 years.

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Struggling due to pandemic-related restrictions, artisans are designing and selling rakhis

July 29, 2021 4:50 pm

All over the country, artisans have been among the worst hit over the last 18 months and organisations like Dastkari are stepping up to do their bit

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For the first time since the pandemic, craftspeople have reason to celebrate

September 28, 2020 5:26 pm

Dastkar Nature Bazaar 2020 hopes to bring cheer to the severely affected crafts sector

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With no sales, the crafts sector, one of the biggest source of employment in rural India, is hit hard

April 25, 2020 10:53 am

Just like migrant workers, artisans are also daily workers, and since all markets are shut, they can neither buy raw material, nor sell finished goods. They don’t even have a safety net like provident fund,” says Delhi-based craft revivalist Laila Tyabji of Dastkar.