“I haven’t come across a culture, a country, a continent, or a people, who do not have dolls,” said artist Kristina Cranston. As I peered into her doll world, I noted a tiny yellow-beaded octopus bag ...

As you read this, two clay artists — Dinesh Mondal and Naresh Das — from Manmathanagar village in West Bengal would have begun the second half of their 40-hour train journey from Kolkata to Mumbai.

Over a hundred pairs of beady eyes look at us. Some of them freshly painted, they belong to golu dolls that stand rubbing shoulders at a golu doll-making unit in Madhampatti village, 32 kilometres ...

There are different types of courage, different types of heroes. But the ability to inspire others is a hallmark of those earning the title of hero. Xiang Chenxi, 27, is one such person. Using a ...

Clay, terracotta, wood, shellac, dokra, jute, cloth — know about the various types of dolls in Bengal on World Doll Day Dolls made with jute, shellac and terracotta. If you are a millennial and have ...

The hinterlands of India are a treasure trove of craft and stories, and West Bengal is no exception. In the Sunderbans, shrouded in mystery and folklore, stories of Bonbibi — the guardian spirit of ...

The Bengal Store’s curation has essentially been capturing the essence of Bangla since August 2019, be it with Bishnupur’s soft clay ‘Heem Putuls’, the Kanthalia dolls of Murshidabad or other ...

MADURAI: Ahead of Navratri, doll makers of Vilacheri in Madurai say the sales have been sluggish. Despite the Geographical Indication (GI) tag granted to Vilacheri clay dolls in March 2025, artisans ...

Xiang Chenxi, a 27-year-old woman with progressive muscular dystrophy, makes a clay doll at the workbench in her home in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. [Photo provided to China Daily] There are different ...