This article is meaningful and timely. My mother passed away a month ago at the age of 91. She had two khes in her highly curated belongings. I knew they were important to her because she told us her father (my nana) had valued them. My sister kept one. I have the other and was planning to take it to a local textile museum in the USA with hopes of learning more about it. Thanks to you, I know these pieces are Manju Khes! I’m guessing they were brought from Lahore (my mother’s birth place) to Nurpur, HP (her ancestral home) just before partition. When she married and immigrated to Canada, they came with her. She kept them when moving to the US in 2015. These khes must be around 75 years old and are in excellent condition. As part of the Indian diaspora I feel unmoored after my mother’s passing. Thank you for filling in this missing link in our mother’s story.
Excellent documentation and great work and kudos to both of you Rashi & Arjunvir Singh ! As they say your history determines your present and future and that is why it is so important to preserve your past be it your textiles or films !
This article is meaningful and timely. My mother passed away a month ago at the age of 91. She had two khes in her highly curated belongings. I knew they were important to her because she told us her father (my nana) had valued them. My sister kept one. I have the other and was planning to take it to a local textile museum in the USA with hopes of learning more about it. Thanks to you, I know these pieces are Manju Khes! I’m guessing they were brought from Lahore (my mother’s birth place) to Nurpur, HP (her ancestral home) just before partition. When she married and immigrated to Canada, they came with her. She kept them when moving to the US in 2015. These khes must be around 75 years old and are in excellent condition. As part of the Indian diaspora I feel unmoored after my mother’s passing. Thank you for filling in this missing link in our mother’s story.
Kudos Rashi and Arjunvir
Indeed ‘Awesome Khes project research with strong details. Well done. 👏👏
Excellent documentation and great work and kudos to both of you Rashi & Arjunvir Singh ! As they say your history determines your present and future and that is why it is so important to preserve your past be it your textiles or films !