Discovering Textiles from across the world

A very old article written by me popped up. It was time to review and know more about how the textiles in Bhutan and the Royal Academy of Textiles was doing. The following is the old article. A further update and article, I will post a bit later. Image courtesy -  Royal Textile Academy, Bhutan  This little Himalayan Kingdom which measures its GDP not as a measure of money or currency but as a Happiness Index – the term Gross National Happiness has its enviable repertoire of textiles. The textiles which I had seen at the various exhibitions organised by Dastkar and Dastakari Haat Samiti, came into their cultural and historical perspective at the exhibition organised at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi, where a host of textiles and jewellery were displayed. Further research via the Bhutanese Embassy led to the email exchange of information from both the Royal Textile Academy and The Textile Museum, Department of Culture, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affa...

This article of mine appeared in Silkmark Magazine, published by Silkmark Organisation of India (SMOI)  The one place stop for Textiles of Bhutan, a veritable living museum as it is termed is the RTA – Royal Textile Academy Image Courtesy - Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan    A very old article written by me popped up. It was time to review and know more about how the textiles in Bhutan and the Royal Academy of Textiles was doing. The following is the old article. A further update and article, I will post a bit later.  Mrs. Dorji, the  Executive Director, Royal Textile Academy  recounted the origins of the RTA -  “ In 2001, the country's first permanent Textile Museum was opened by the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen   Mother Sangay Choden Wangchuck.  This was an important step towards collecting, documenting and displaying our exquisite textiles ...