𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 - 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻-𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺!
Some milestones take time to share - not because they’re forgotten, but because they remind us why we do what we do.
Back in June, our Co-founder Sourodip Ghosh had the honour of being part of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 for the 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗞𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 and 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, under the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 (𝗡𝗛𝗗𝗣) by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
The committee - chaired by 𝗦𝗺𝘁. 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗥𝗮𝗼, 𝗜𝗔𝗦, (𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀) and convened by 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠. 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮 (𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 - 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀) - brought together eminent members from across India’s design and handloom ecosystem, including Ms. Tanu Kashyap, IAS (Director General, National Institute of Fashion Technology Delhi), Dr. Ashok Mondal (Director, National Institute of Design), and celebrated designers Anju Modi and Gaurang Shah, to identify and celebrate India’s most outstanding weavers, designers, and entrepreneurial ventures.
The selected awardees were later felicitated on the occasion of 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆 (𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) - a day that honours India’s timeless weaving traditions and those who continue to keep them alive.
For us at Karghewale, this moment felt deeply personal.
Because every day, we strive to build pathways for artisans to be recognized not merely as job workers, but as 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀. Seeing one of our own contribute to that national process of recognition was both humbling and affirming.
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📍 Handloom Haat, Janpath, New Delhi
 📅 June 26, 2025
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