PhoolBagan journal

If your home feels cold in winter, the fabric – not the temperature – might be the reason.

Birth flowers by month, in seasonal pairs that reflect how flowers traditionally marked time, climate, and the natural calendar

This is how the leaf becomes a dye, and how that dye becomes the backbone of Indian textile traditions.

Georgette does not assert itself. It moves. It responds and settles. And, perhaps for that reason, it is frequently noticed but seldom studied.

Beyond the lotus, there’s a whole map of flowers

How hand-spinning and hand-weaving transform raw cotton into a fabric unlike any other!

A shot of the rare Neelakurinji bloom that appears once every 12 years, turning the hills of the Western Ghats into a striking sea of purple-blue flowers.