“This dupatta took 40 days and went through 11 stages to be made. It’s from Srikalahasti”, says Durga Prasad, showing me a floral-hand-painted Kalamkari cotton dupatta. I am at the Hands of India (HOI) exhibition at Satyanarayana hall. Prasad, who works with HOI, is associated with hand-block printers and handloom weavers for the past 16 years. ”Amit Viswas, the production controller of Hands of India says, “We stress on the quality, and work with artists all over India.

Source: The Hindu August 05, 2017 12:08 UTC