Vasanthi Raman: 2 books
The Warp and the Weft
Community and Gender Identity Among the Weavers of Banaras
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
This book studies the impact of the communal violence of the early 1990s on the individual lives of the Muslim weavers of Banaras, with considerable focus on gender, identity and inter-community relations.
The World of the Banaras Weaver
A Culture in Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2019
This book is a fascinating investigation into how communalism plays out in everyday India. Using the metaphor of tana-bana – the warp and the weft of the Banarasi sari – the author reproduces the interwoven life of Hindu-Muslim relations in the Banarasi sari industry.
As the city of Banaras...