SHARED LEGACY OF TEXTILES FROM BENGAL: Kolkata’s ‘land grab’ over Bangladesh’s ‘jamdani’
IMMIGRATION wasn’t easy at Kolkata’s Dum Dum airport. Instead of the multiple visitors expected from Bangladesh, there were only two of us, me and Chandra Shekhar da (a reputed textile expert), who had visas issued before the Indian government’s embargo on entry into the country came into effect in August 2024. The event we planned to attend was ‘Textiles...