A few weeks ago, in the rubble of our house fire, I found the soggy quilt my grandmother made from scraps of clothes she’d sewn for me throughout my childhood. My grandmother was a seamstress. She ...

Quilts may have started out as simple textiles to ward off the cold, but over the years, they have taken on higher purposes, from the artistic to the memorial, becoming far greater than the sum of ...

In a quiet room of the Paul residence in central Delhi on Saturday morning, rows of calendars, matchbox labels, and fading prints offered a curious glimpse into the history of India—one told through ...