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Smriti Irani inaugurats ‘Titanwala Museum’ in Bagru

In Rajasthan, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani has recently inaugurated the ‘Titanwala Museum’ in Bagru that showcases the Chhipa community’s hand-block printing. The museum will be open from Monday to Sunday between 9 am and 6 pm. The Bagru hand-block printing is one of the traditional techniques of printing with natural colour followed by the ..

Topics: Academic disciplines • Art genres • Bagru • Book arts • Chhipa • Movable type • Natural dye • Printing • Relief printing • Textual scholarship • Visual arts • Woodblock printing

Thomas Antony wins international award in best caricature category at 2018 World Press Cartoon awards

Kerala cartoonist Thomas Antony has won an international award in the best caricature category. He is among the 9 winners at the 13th edition of the World Press Cartoon awards 2018, instituted by an organization based in Lisbon, Portugal. The awards are given to the best works published in 2017 in newspapers and magazines from ..

Topics: Art genres • Cartooning • Indian cartoonists • Political cartoon • Shankar Pamarthy • Toons Mag • Visual arts • World Press Cartoon

Deendayal Hastkala Sankul

Deendayal Hastkala Sankul  is a trade facilitation centre for handicrafts – at Varanasi. The Sankul will facilitate the  weavers / artisans / exporters in promotion of handlooms/handicrafts I both domestic and international markets. The Crafts Museum in the Sankul will preserve the traditional handloom/handicrafts products of Varanasi and showcase the handloom & handicraft products.

Topics: Art genres • Geography of Uttar Pradesh • Handicraft • Loom • Varanasi