Weavers in Phulia make five saris a week and are paid Rs100-400 per sari. Photographs: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Shibnath Basak notices visitors through the warp screen, turning his head for the ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 83 °F (28.3 °C) and a 47% chance of precipitation. Winds from SSE to SE at 10 to 11 mph (16.1 to 17.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 54% chance of precipitation ...

If it’s Puja, saris are a must buy, and perhaps the most coveted sari weave is the Jamdani. My Kolkata travelled all the way to Phulia — the sari hub of Bengal — to meet master weaver Biren Kumar ...

the afro-inspired sarees have been woven by the phulia weavers of bengal using lycra and 'phesua' for the pallus for a textured and crinkled look.

A two-hour drive from Dum Dum took Jaya Jaitly, founder-president of Dastkari Haat Samiti, to Phulia, her second stop after Indore and before Bhagalpur. She's on a mission to witness, record and ...

The skies will be partly cloudy. The low will be 23°. Satisfactory (51-100) Primary pollutant O₃ 78 ppb Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard ...