Textile curator Anitha N. Reddy has been associated with the Siddi community of north Karnataka, merging their traditional quilting with modern design and What we wanted to see is how can we frame ...

Hanaphabi and Saidambi Naik, two middle-aged women from the Kalaghatgi taluk in Karnataka’s Dharwad district, were restless at first to speak in front of a camera. A few whisper-filled moments later, ...

For Anitha N Reddy, a decade of engaging with the Siddi community — a people of African descent who settled in Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra — began with a classmate’s marriage into the community ...

BENGALURU: Nearly a decade ago, city-based art historian Anita N was visiting her friend Girija, a Siddi woman, at the latter’s family home in rural North Karnataka where she was given a quilt woven ...