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Using traditional needlework, women of the once nomadic tribe of Karnataka have become cultural ambassadors for their craft, writes Nikita Puri

Nikita Puri  November 25, 2016 Last Updated at 23:31 IST

Every morning in Sandur, in Karnataka’s Bellary district, Thippavva sits down with a heap of cowrie shells. One by one, she cracks every shell just enough for a needle to pass through. If it’s not cowrie shells, her hands are busy with strips of coloured thread that she uses to make tassels.  Some believe Thippavva’s 85, others say she’s 90. Either way, as one of the oldest women in her village, Thippavva doesn’t need to come in every day to the work sheds run by a non-profit organisation called Sandur Kushala Kala Kendra. But she does because it ...

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