Our visit to Cross Maidan, before the venue opens its doors for the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival later in the evening, is reassuring. Hand For Handmade Foundation’s (HFH) exhibition Hamari Virasat: A Tribute to Artisanal Heritage on the 75th Year of the Indian Constitution enshrines, through collective works from the handmade and craft sector across India, values upheld in our Constitution. Fraternity, liberty, equality, unity, justice, diversity aren’t utopian ideas thought up by its founding fathers, even though they might be sidelined today. This collection of 75 textile-based works, all drawn from the preamble of the Indian Constitution, is testimony to the fact that the values they depict are indeed alive. The travelling exhibition, which began at CSMVS (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya) will later head to Ahmedabad, Delhi and other cities. 

Woman of India by Porgai Artist Association highlights a woman’s perspective on their experiences of the values of liberty, justice and equality enshrined in the constitution