Women of the Rajbanshi tribe in West Bengal, India, have been weaving jute into mats, bags, and other products for generations. Many depend on the craft to make their livelihoods. But mass-produced ...

Artist Harsha Puthusserry is on a mission. She employs art to empower women weaving various patterns of jute to fight the plastic menace. In a way this is art for life’s sake. “I have always been ...

As Awanti Kankaria rightly envisioned, innovation is the only path to rejuvenate the jute industry. Abhishek Kankaria’s ...

THIS book must be ranked among the classics in technical literature. There is a thoroughness and completeness about it that appeals equally to the elementary student of weaving, to the experienced ...

Recently, while passing through the bustling streets of Gulshan-1, an elderly vendor selling beautifully stitched jute bags and mats caught my attention. I have encountered such hawkers before — ...

Jamshedpur, Feb. 23: In unity, strands gain strength. Around 130 women jute item makers from 10 self-help groups in Parsudih panchayat have formed a single cluster to produce in bulk and variety for a ...