Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Bagh, a traditional hand block print of Madhya Pradesh may well slip into extinction as artisans are migrating to other places in search of livelihood, says national and ...

The on-going Bagh and Kukshi festival in the heritage palace Gohar Mahal is attracting a lot of young visitors this time. From the sarees and suit pieces the Bagh print has gone to jackets, skirts, ...

India has been well known for its textiles since ancient times with the origin of the Indian textiles tracing back to the Indus Valley civilization since the 5th millennium BC. Indians were involved ...

The central government has selected Bagh print under the one-district one product scheme (ODOP). The beauty of these prints is that it is hand-printed using only natural dyes and traditional designs ...

The Bagh Print art of Madhya Pradesh that has made a name in the world has now become popular in China. The Bagh Print has been displayed for the second time in China. A national award winner for Bagh ...

Block printing, also known as Bagh printing needs no introduction. But back in the 1960s, when synthetic fibre and Japanese machines were stripping it of its glory, artist Ismail Sulaiman Khatri ...

Ismail Sulemanji Khatri’s family is unique. For all the adults are National Award winners for craft excellence, perhaps the only family in the country to boast of such a distinction. The ...

International award winning craftsman and expert in Bagh printing technique Yusuf Khatri is dismayed by the fact that no one from the Madhya Pradesh government has bothered to assure him that the ...

Artisans from Bagh claimed they could identify the tell-tale signs of a non-traditional print . Madhya Pradesh's internationally recognised Bagh print, a craft that has long been a marker of the state ...