The simple and coarse cloth, barely 70 inches x 35 inches, woven from leftover yarn, is what most of India uses to wipe its ...

Jaya Jaitly calls a gamchha the “Swiss Army knife” of fabrics because it has around 25 known uses. “It is everywhere, yet no one notices it. Neither an exotic Kanjeevaram, nor a feted ...

Jaya Jaitly. In 2015, she commissioned women weavers in Phulia, West Bengal to create 100 gamchha sarees. She calls the fabric a silent companion and says, “It is everywhere, yet no one notices ...

The fabric is a favourite with several brands and designers for the versatility and diversity with which it can be used. In ...

"We hope to bring the gamchha into focus as a symbol of Indian design thinking at its grassroots level," says Jaya Jaitly, president, Dastkari Haat Samiti, the organisers of the exhibition.