Parvai Speaks

Saris And Pride: A Conversation With Divya Pillai

Every Thursday, an office in Dubai witnesses a woman stride in wearing a kurta — an unprecedented splash of color in a sea of black, white, and gray blazers and pants. At work ceremonies and gather...

WE DREAMT A DREAM

Bandhavun is a story of our love for hand-tied and dyed garments. Popularly called Bandhani/bandhini in the north and Sungudi in the south - these tie & dye sarees have such beautiful history. ...

Bhavya - Parvai's Precious Brocades

People - Then & NowIt is not just the weaves that have changed & evolved but also the people that have changed. In the last 50yrs we went from bullock carts to self driven cars. Technology ...

Artist, Artisan or Day Labourer?

Most of us today are no strangers to corporate culture and how people are treated as “resources”. Resource is a very powerful word since the person is valued and hence treated as a key part of the ...

Karpasi: Parvai's Cotton Weaving Initiative in Kanchipuram

Why cotton? Cotton is one of the oldest fabric known to mankind. Early humans have been picking & weaving with cotton since 5000 BC and it certainly has the potential to be cruelty-free, susta...

In the news

CNBC TV18 ECONOMY | JANUARY 24, 2022, 06:50 PM ISTSmaller weddings, tighter budgets derail Kanchipuram’s silk industry, eyes now on Budget 2022By Jude Sannith | Jan 28, 2022, 05:18 PM IST (Updated)...

No work, No business, No food on the table

Survival and sustenance, like two sides of a coin, are forever the motivating factors that propel the actions of one and all. A cyclic activity, as it may seem but forms the core of our existence....

Struggles since March 2020

Food has always been one of the most essential and basic necessities for living beings. Human beings are no different. The availability of food sources, methods of eating, types of food choices, a...

Vadivelu's fifty-year odyssey in the handloom industry

Eighteen thousand days. That’s how long Vadivelu has been dedicating his life to a craft he loves. In a workplace set alight by young talent and bustle, Vadivelu, a man of few words, resembles a ...

Covid Lockdown and the Rainstorm

An article in Times of India ‘Lockdown leaves 30,000 silk weavers jobless in Tamil Nadu’, made me think of the “circle of life & Survival of the fittest”. How vital this phenomenon of having th...

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