Craft Sustenance: Traditions, Transitions & Transformations

Contents: 1. Lessons in Craft Sustenance: An Introduction/Ms Supriya Consul. 2. Geographical Indications in India: Challenges. Opportunities and the Path Forward/Dr Bessie Cecil. 3. Living Crafts on a Plate: The Gujarati Foodways/Mr Jiten Suchede. 4. Craft in Transition: Lessons in Recovery and Resilience/Dr Ritu Sethi. 5. Weaving Mashru Anew: A Collaborative Journey/Ms Vidula Sureka. 6. Craft Documentation in Colonial and Post-Colonial India: Forms of Knowledge for Cultural and Economic Sustainability/Ms Tanishka Kachru. 7. Institutes as Interfaces: Student-Craft Interactions through Design Research/Prof Usha Patel. 8. Window to Heritage: Preserving Culture through Children's Education/Ms Pooja Ratnakar. 9. Crafts as Mobile Narratives: Weaving the Present through the Past/Ms Anjana Somany. 10. A Designer's Approach in the Craft Sector: Synthesis of Tradition and Innovation/Ms Gunjan Jain and Ms Bhuvi Mittal. 11. Bridging Hands and Minds: Collaborative Models for the Success of Indian Crafts/Prof (Dr) Toolika Gupta. 12. Crafts and Marketing: The Kamala Story/Ms Purnima Rai. 13. Crafting Architecture: A Way towards Sustainable Design Practices/Mr Snehanshu Mukherjee. 14. Craft Sciences: A Multidisciplinary Lens on Craft and Interior Architecture/Dr Smriti Saraswat. 15. World Craft Cities: Journeys in Heritage. Policy and the Future of Making/Mr Somesh Singh. 16. Living in the Himalayas: Lessons in Sustainability/Ms Rashmi Bharti. 17. The Chaubundi and Bindaas Unlimited Collaboration: Empowering Rural India through Tradition and Innovation/Ms Meeta Mastani. 18. The Play Tradition of Bharat/Mr Aman Gopal Sureka. 19. Shadow Puppetry: Narrative of an Intangible Heritage and Beyond/Ms Rashmi Singh. About the Contributors. About Aatmanirbhar Bharat Centre for Design