The writer is a craft activist and chairperson of Dastkar. In my generation, we were brought up on adages like ‘cutting off your nose to spite your face’, ‘tarring everyone with the same brush’, ...

Two days before her best friend’s wedding, Kaavya Kumar landed in Chennai with a newly bought sari and an unstitched blouse. Armed with unshakeable faith and rumours of one-hour tailoring services, we ...

Visakhapatnam: During the festival season, ladies’ tailors are getting a lot of work and making good money but gents' tailors do not have many patrons. A famous gents’ tailoring store in the city that ...