Tales of Hunar

Stories from behind the loom: the artisans, the alleys, the hidden corners of Banaras the world rarely gets to see.
The Brain Surgeons of Handloom, Dr. Handloom
The Brain Surgeons of Handloom, Dr. Handloom
The jacquard runs on hundreds of needles, each one controlling a single thread, and the men who keep those needles working learned the skill from their fathers, not from any... Lire plus...
The Little Cardboard Machine That Weaves Our Sarees (And Basically Invented Computers)
The Little Cardboard Machine That Weaves Our Sarees (And Basically Invented Computers)
The punchcard is a set of hand punched cardboard cards that tell a jacquard loom exactly which threads to lift to create a saree's pattern, and the same idea, punched... Lire plus...