Every afternoon, after the day's work, Chuki Wadaka settles on the verandah of her house in Khajuri village in Odisha's Rayagada district and picks up her needle.
For the next two to three hours, red, green and yellow threads travel across a piece of coarse, off-white cloth following the steady rhythm of Kapdagandha embroidery. A shawl takes her two to three months to ...