Jasleen Dhamija

Jasleen Dhamija

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Jasleen Dhamija is an Indian textile art historian and crafts expert from Delhi. She is a renowned textile expert with years of experience in this field and she also serves as the editor of “Sacred Textiles of India”, launched by Marg Foundation in New Delhi. She has deep knowledge in the tradition of fabrics, and is considered as a veteran in this field. She remained a professor of living cultural traditions at the University of Minnesota, and has also worked in UN. She curated numerous textile and crafts exhibitions over the years.

 

Jasleen Dhamija grew up in Abbotabad, now a part of Pakistan. Her family migrated to Delhi in 1940 and got settled there. Jasleen completed her education from Delhi before she started her career in textiles in 1954. She worked as a government employee in art sector along with Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, well-known social reformer and freedom fighter who spearheaded the renaissance of Indian handicrafts and hand looms in the post-independent period. As an assistant of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, her main tasks included revival of arts and crafts, women employment and a few related ones. She continued working on the possibilities developed by Kamaladevi. In fact she has authored one biography of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, apart from two cookery books and numerous books dedicated to art.

 

She later joined Handicrafts Board of India and worked in rural areas in the 1960s. Dhamija is known worldwide for her pioneering research on the handloom and handicraft industry, and she has closely worked with UN for women empowerment activities in war-torn Balkan countries. She taught History of Indian Textiles and costumes at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi for many years.

 

Published: January 28, 2019

Updated: January 28, 2019

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