Made, not Manufactured: Textiles in india

We are in a world where machines are quick to replicate art, and replace artisans, at a pace where we do not even look at pieces of carvings on our furniture, or the patterns of colors on our carpets as art anymore, these are merely objects created by machines to soothe the appearance of our lives. Yet what of the true artists? What of that carpenter, who learnt how to carve a peacock on a piece of wood through traditions that passed over generations? What of the clothmakers who learnt to block print from the family occupation? These are the stories that this episode of ‘Interlinked’ persuades us to mull over. In conversation with Ms. Devika Dahiya, founder of the ‘Trunk Door’ organisation, which works towards rehabilitating and aiding textile artists, the episode discusses the behind the scenes of such lives, and the help they can receive to persuade the cause of their art. By discussing the artists that Ms. Dahiya herself works with, the episode conveys the importance of the art and the artist, and the steps we can take for an act of their furtherance.