The Latest Breaking News from Maheshwar

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Knew How to Buy Well: The Craft Revival Guide to Durability and Quality

The woman who made craft an economic argument, not a sentimental oneKamaladevi Chattopadhyay founded the Crafts Council of India in 1964 not to preserve tradition for its own sake, but because she understood something about quality that the post-independence push toward industrialisation was about to erase: the structural superiority of…

Times Life · Sep 19

What Maheshwari Fabric from Madhya Pradesh Reveals About the Layered History of Indian Textile Trade

The town that made cloth for queensMaheshwar sits on the northern bank of the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh, and the river is not incidental to the fabric. The weavers, called Maheshwari weavers, from the Salvi community, worked within earshot of the water for centuries before Ahilyabai Holkar arrived and changed…

Times Life · Aug 23

Pack Your Bags: 5 Stunning MP Getaways Under ₹10,000

I get it, you want to travel but your wallet is not exactly cooperating right now. The good news is that Madhya Pradesh, often called the heart of India, is full of places that do not demand a big budget to feel special. From ancient temple towns to hill stations…

MyLifeXP · Aug 18

Madhya Pradesh: 17-year-old stabbed to death over cricket dispute in Khargone

KHARGONE: A heated argument over a night-cricket match among boys turned ugly when a a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a youth in Maheshwar town of MP on Wednesday night. The accused had bought the knife from an online e-commerce platform.

The Times of India · Mar 11, 2022