Tilfi bets on the intricacies of Banarasi and makes us question the importance of intergenerational craft knowledge.
From a Partition-era trading floor to a Kerala photo series of women bodybuilders in sarees, Tilfi's founders do not confuse craft preservation with standing still.
In Becoming, Tilfi and photographer Keerthana Kunnath bring together Kerala's women bodybuilders & handwoven Benarasi saris to challenge conventional ideas of beauty
When Tilfi, a Benaras-born house of handwoven textiles and artisanal craft, dropped the first images of Becoming, shot by Keerthana Kunnath in Chottanikkara, close to Kochi, featuring four bodybuilders — Kavitha, Chitra, Jannath and Bisha — it ...
Textile brand Tilfi, founded in 2016 by Aditi Chand, Ujjwal Khanna and Udit Khanna in Benaras, has expanded its artistic vision into the realm of repousse metal art.
The co-founder of Tilfi, Aditi Chand, reflects on scaling Banarasi mastery without compromise, redefining heritage for a global audience, and building an India-born luxury house rooted firmly in ...
A snow leopard is an elusive sight, even in its habitat, an animal camouflaged in the Himalayan terrains of snow and stone. But to see it leaping on the length of a Banarasi sari is a rarer wonder—a figure unknown to the t...
An immersive celebration of Banaras’s living craft traditions through textile, metal, performance and gastronomy
Tilfi’s latest showcase transforms Banarasi artistry from silk to sculpted metal, redefining craft for a modern world.
At Design Democracy in Hyderabad, Tilfi unveiled a collection that reimagines Banaras’s repoussé tradition — from sculptural panels to collectible objets d’art — proving that heritage can evolve ...
In their latest book, Breaking the Mould, economists Dr. Raghuram Rajan and Dr. Rohit Lamba elucidate real-world examples of new Indian businesses breaking free from the constraints of the past. An excerpt from the book’s ...
Banaras has a profound influence on Tilfi's product design. Read how the city’s vast cultural and geographical features mould the brand's craftmanship
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