KOLKATA - Lavli Begum Sheikh has been stitching kanthas-home-made quilts made from worn out saris-in rural Bengal since the age of 10. Taught by her mother and grandmother, Lavli continued making kanthas at her in-laws' house after getting married at 14. She is 45 now. 'Back in the day, there was a custom of sending newly married girls to their […]
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