The narrative textiles of Odisha

  (Source: KSL)

“‘The eye wards off evil; the triangle is the house of the Goddess….’ The women explain andI record their voices, which I translate into patterns, it is like a narrative textile,” explains Pankaja Sethi about her work in indigenous handloom with the Adivasis of Odisha. The Bhubaneshwar-based textile designer, artist and anthropologist is talking about her latest collection at the Odisha Textile Festival, on at Parthas in Kochi.