Essentially, the godhadi is made from old sarees cut out and sown together over months. With upcycling catching up, the godhadi is becoming a cultural phenomenon the world over. Co-convenor of ...

Tushar Pakhare and Neeraj Borate brought together illiterate women living in villages and those who couldn’t go out of their houses to pursue jobs because of their cultural and family obligations and ...

The humble traditional quilt "godhadi" has become an assured source of livelihood for women in some remote villages of Maharashtra's Latur district. A project, which was started in 2017 on an ...

Unlike the currently trending buzz about sustainability and recycling, India has had traditions in this direction since the Indus Valley civilisation, where clothes were reused and recycled. One such ...

Upcycling and ‘jugaad’ have always been a part of Indian life and economy. Torn saris or dhotis are often stitched up to make new saris, baby layettes (kantha), and quilts (rajai and godhadi), with ...