User:Traveller Sameer

Welcome!!!

Namaste! Namskaar!!

India/Bharat/Hindustan "...the one land that all men desire to see, and having once seen, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of all the rest of the globe combined."

MARK TWAIN(1897)

A country to be experienced: seen with the heart and understood with the soul.

I do feel myself pretty lucky that I hail from this spiritual land India. Myself a true traveller who is in this field of travel and tourism since my birth as father was in Indian Army and because of it we used to be relocated frequently. But professionally post completion of masters in Tourism in 2009, started my career here.

India has so much to see, in every perspective whether History, Historical buildings, Religion, Spirituality, Culture, Cuisines,Nature, Wildlife, Rural and city life, Art and Crafts...much more. Trevelers throughout the ages have written about the rich expressions of the country's culture.

Once a visitor done his/her travel to India, can't go back without having a heartfelt impression and a piece of amazing Art & Crafts. Art & Crafts has vast list but as old saying "Human has three basic needs Bread, Clothes and House." And Indian artisan love to offer their splendid art on clothes, fabrics.

Here in this page my main focus is to provide introduction about hand block print on textiles. Although the art of hand block print is an age old technique, which was available in some part of the world but India stands on the top. In India there are several small, big towns, villages practising this art of block prints. These artisan who are in this trade hail from CHHIPA community mainly and they do follow same methods which were taught to them by their ancestors.

Best part of hand block prints is ecological way and organic materials, when nature is facing stress because of our luxurious way of living, why not start to live life in an ecologically balanced way.

BAGRU A small village town about 32 kms away from Pink city, Jaipur in Rajasthan is famous for hand block prints fabrics, clothes.Village town is having good size of CHHIPA community and they are expert of this art. For more details about process these people follow kindly visit the link and next time when you are on a visit to India, Rajasthan. Don't forget to have a village walk and textile print workshop.

I know that COVID-19 has forced all of us to stay at home but by birth most of us are traveller and we will travel again very soon.

See you when you on a visit to Rajasthan, India.