Indian Yarn

Indian Yarn http://indianyarn.wordpress.com celebrating the cultural and textile trails of the indian subcontinent. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/a9c919249565f718e42ef3a6d5013e7a?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Indian Yarn http://indianyarn.wordpress.com ..the flower always finds its place. http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/the-flower-always-finds-its-place/ http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/the-flower-always-finds-its-place/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:37 +0000 indianyarn http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/?p=666 ]]>

braided hair and flowers , nothing gets as indian as this one.

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abhinaya5 abhinaya3

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nagaland

image credits: retlaw snellac

]]> http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/the-most-beautiful-things-are-created-in-humble-surroundings/feed/ 0 indianyarn nagaland the basket is weaved and so is one of the walls. http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/the-basket-was-weaved-and-so-is-one-of-the-walls/ http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/the-basket-was-weaved-and-so-is-one-of-the-walls/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:24:26 +0000 indianyarn http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/?p=636 ]]>

bangladesh

]]> http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/the-basket-was-weaved-and-so-is-one-of-the-walls/feed/ 0 indianyarn bangladesh hand on the loom again and again, the kid looks on .. http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/hand-on-the-loom-again-and-again-the-kid-looks-on/ http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/hand-on-the-loom-again-and-again-the-kid-looks-on/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:52:28 +0000 indianyarn http://indianyarn.wordpress.com/?p=538 ]]>

weavingtripura

and the chulah in the background where she cooks her food. her utensils worn out after years of cooking. life still goes on, on the loom

image credits : moruoak

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chettinad saris2

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khadi

Image Credits : Ina

Khadi, was a sense of pride and a sign of protest for the freedom fighters of india. since then it has undergone a change . Read here : Has Khadi found a new spinning wheel ?

Read more here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pj58/850590751/

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chikan1 image credits chikan2 image credits

- a skill more than 200 years old.

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milkman2 image credits Royal Enfield

milkman3 image credits Indiafullbright

Read: Indian Adventures with Milk by odzer - the rural and the urban perspective.

Amir Mukhtar Mughal posts an image here

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