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 ...