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Kantha Scarves - the most popular items in our shop!

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Kantha Scarves - the most popular items in our shop!

Our Kantha scarves are made from beautiful art silk sari materials with kantha stitching. They're reversible - you get two scarves in one!

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Green, Green Grass of Home - Relaxing Green Bedspreads

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Green, Green Grass of Home - Relaxing Green Bedspreads

This Forest Green Patchwork Bedspreads makes me feel like I want to make my bedroom into a nest and relax into the deep green calming colours of the forest. 

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Coronavirus, Zanskar and Copper - What's the Blog Story?

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Coronavirus, Zanskar and Copper - What's the Blog Story?

I'm a regular visitor to Ladakh and Zanskar in northern India where the "pots and pans" in the kitchen are traditionally made from copper.

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Kind of Blue - Indian Bedspreads in Cool Blues

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Kind of Blue - Indian Bedspreads in Cool Blues

No doubt about it, blue is the colour of cool. Our beautiful indigo blue bedspreads come from Rajasthan and Gujarat where the indigo plant grows wild.

 

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The Gond Artists Face the Destruction of their Forests

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The Gond Artists Face the Destruction of their Forests

Silk Road Gallery has often featured the wonderful paintings of the Gond people of India. But now the existence of Gond is under threat because of India's demand for coal. 

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