Archive for July, 2011

Jul,24
2011

hi Adivasi,
we recently stopped in your store while passing through vermont and bought a beautiful scarf and a bandana. my partner has stolen my bandana so i wonder if it’s possible to have some mail-ordered so that we…

Adivasi

Jul,21
2011

When the idea of Adivasi took its baby form in 1993 from the initial partnerships with rural worker-owned cooperatives, we knew but little of what it could and would become. Over the years our family has extended, reached out far…

Bringing the scent of Bengal to our Udaipur studio is our very own jewellery master Sukumar Malik. The first thing you’d notice about him are his deep set eyes that sparkle like stones set in platinum, and next his genial smile gives…

Incense

Jul,19
2011

Sairanjani  available in 20 grams and 50 grams .$ 2.5 /$ 5.00   Herbal Masala Incense Twelve-stick Packets $ 1.25/ $ 2.5 Bundles. $ 4.00 / $ 6.00  


Indian women typically have a trunk full of saris. Not only are they worn everyday but they are also gifted during festivals and important occasions.  Women receive many at the time of marriage, the birth of a child, from…

Handmade Journals

Jul,19
2011

blank journals with handmade paper and covered in silks available in 2 sizes  medium 10.00 large 15.00

Sawan Ka Mahina

Jul,16
2011

With the onset of the very first shower of the season, everybody at Adivasi turn into, as Rizwan puts it- The Monsoon Frogs, bustling and making merry. And these Monsoon Frogs do what any human being


Each day in the city of Mumbai 175-200,000 tiffins are used to deliver fresh homemade food to the workplace. An organized network of 4-5 thousand dubba wallahs (one who carries a box) pick the food from homes…

The Mala or Japa Mala as it is correctly called is a Sanskrit term meaning garland or necklace.  It is a string of beads used to facilitate a state of concentration while repeating a mantra or prayer.  Each time the…

Southside marvel.

Jul,7
2011

Knock Knock. Who’s there? Owls from Kerala! A nicely wrapped golden package from Kerala has arrived, courtesy our friends down south. The milk white kasavu (golden thread embroidery) sarees, mundus and other fabrics for us to transform into our signature clothes. Here…