The value is in the people, not in the carpet
According to Nand Kishore each rug is woven with the blessings of a family of craftsmen.
"What you pay for is people's hearts, the carpet is free," she told Parvita Rajaram. From the conversation between the two a cultural project was born.
“I explored the history of some of the most iconic and recognizable traditions of carpet weaving. The Silk Road is the common thread, the journey of the artifacts from East to West has for a long time been a dialogue between different cultures woven into the decorative motifs of each place".
From Shikarghas, the Indian carpets, which found their way to England in the 1800s and 1900s, to then return to their homeland in the form of reflection and denunciation of Colonization.
Moving on to the hypnotic motifs of Tibetan's tiger-carpets, used to meditate and, symbolically, remember that the mind is like a wild beast. Up to the Afghan war motifs, which over time have become a visual testament to a painful history of war and conflicts.