BY TC News Desk
Agartala, 7th August 2024: Tripura’s Nirmala Sinha has received the prestigious National Handloom Award 2023 by the Ministry of Textile, Government of India.
Sinha, a Divyang and resident of Barasurma village in Dhalai District, has shown remarkable skill in weaving the traditional Manipuri attire, Inaphi, using natural dyes, despite facing numerous challenges.
Sinha is among six women from NE who received the National Handloom Award 2023. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, bestowed the Award in Delhi on August 7. Nirmala shared that she has been weaving Inaphi for the past 35 years. “Inaphi is a traditional Manipuri dress, a women’s costume consisting of a wrap-around cloth. It is a colorful and attractive piece of clothing, similar to a shawl or dupatta, used to cover the upper part of the body by women. I weave it using natural dyes on our traditional cloths, employing all traditional methods,” she explained.
