“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.

Hundreds of golu dolls stand in neatly-arranged rows inside a godown at Selvapuram. At a corner, three men are busy packing a few in cartons lined with hay and old newspapers. S Saravana Kumar takes ...

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 ...

“Making dolls has been my lifelong pursuit. I always dreamed of going to the Portland School of Art [now Maine College of Art], but back in the 1970s, the logical choice was to get an office job. I ...

Rag dolls made from tattered saris and handmade clay dolls called tepa putul were once the few tangible belongings young girls in rural Bangladesh ever had. Silt and clay collected from riverbeds, ...

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 ...

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 ...