Discover the intersection of Indian craftsmanship and sustainability

Updated On: 12 March, 2024 09:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Nandini Varma

This exciting new course dives into an evolving history of crafts in India, as we come closer to thinking about sustainability in today’s world

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Tarkhan, carpenter caste of the Panjab (1825). Pic Courtesy/British Library

Dr Annapurna Garimella, art historian and designer, warns the participants before she begins her introductory lecture, “This is a history of crafts; this is not the history of crafts… It’s not so much a linear history but [moments] that come together to make a historical narrative.” The course she is talking about is MAP Academy’s new self-paced online course, A History of Indian Craft: 1850s to the Present, designed by her.

Kasuti embroidery on a blouse. Picture Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons