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'''Dastkar''' is an [[India]]n [[non-government organisation]] working with craftspeople across India, for promotion and revival of traditional [[crafts of India]].<ref>{{cite news| title = Neighbourhood handicrafts at Delhi Dastkar bazaar|work=The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/neighbourhood-handicrafts-at-delhi-dastkar-bazaar/article5006169.ece
|date=9 August 2013| accessdate = 2013-10-25| location=Chennai, India| first=Madhur| last=Tankha}}</ref> It was founded in 1981 in Delhi, by a group of six women, including [[Laila Tyabji]], its current chairperson.<ref>{{cite web| title = Organization| publisher = Dastkar| url = http://www.dastkar.org/organisationalmap.htm| accessdate = 2013-10-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190436/http://www.dastkar.org/organisationalmap.htm| archive-date = 29 October 2013| url-status = dead}}</ref>

[[File:Nature Bazar presents Dastkar Design Fair 2015.png|thumb|A traditional [[Bagh Print]] craftsman Mohammed Bilal Khatri from Bagh, Madhya Pradesh, at Dastkar Design Fair, 2015]]

Today, it is synonymous with the Dasktar Mela, a crafts exhibition it organises every year since 1982.

==History==
[[File:A traditional shawl maker from Kutch, Gujarat.JPG|thumb|A traditional shawl maker from [[Kutch]], Gujarat, at Dastkar Nature Bazaar, Mehrauli, 2014]]
Dastkar started working started with 15 crafts groups in 1981, and 30 years later it is associated 350 craft groups across India.<ref name=hindu/>
Over the years, Dastkar has worked in women empowerment in rural areas, where it has been involved in developing self-reliant artisan groups.<ref name="Sinha2008">{{cite book|author=Ajit Kumar Sinha|title=New Dimensions of Women Empowerment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCUzD0UqCgsC&pg=PA529|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-8450-089-9|pages=529–530}}</ref>

In 2005, Tyabji became a founder-member of All India Artisans and Craft Workers Welfare Association (AIACA), along with Pritam Singh (Anokhi), [[Ritu Kumar]], Madhukar Khera and [[Fabindia]].<ref>[[#Si|Singh, p. 251]]</ref> She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881|title= Padma Awards Announced|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]], Ministry of Home Affairs|date= 25 January 2012 |accessdate= }}</ref>

==Dastkar Mela==
Dastkar started organising the annual "Dastkar Mela", the crafts fair and exhibition during the autumn, preceding the autumn festive seasons, and [[Diwali]]. Held in Delhi, the [[mela]] sees craftspeople and artisans from over 22 states selling their works and crafts items. Besides this, it also features workshops and demonstrations by the artisans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi gets crafty at the Dastkar mela |newspaper=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/art/delhi-gets-crafty-at-the-dastkar-mela/article1-755295.aspx |date=9 October 2011 |accessdate=2013-10-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031153121/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/art/delhi-gets-crafty-at-the-dastkar-mela/article1-755295.aspx |archivedate=2013-10-31 }}</ref>

==Dastkar Nature Bazaar==
[[File:Handicraft shops at Dastkar Nature Bazaar, Mehrauli.JPG|thumb|left|Handicraft shops at Dastkar Nature Bazaar, Mehrauli, 2014.]]
In 1983, it started organising the "Dastkar Nature Bazaar" after environmentalist [[Valmik Thapar]] suggested the idea of promoting natural materials and fibres, along with nature-inspired products with nature motifs and images of birds and animals. Over the years, it has been held at various locations in Delhi, including the [[Dilli Haat]], Crafts Museum, Delhi, [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA) and Kisan Haat in [[Mehrauli]].<ref>{{cite news| title = Dastkar showcases Indian traditions| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-29/delhi/28230034_1_bazaar-showcases-craft-bazaar-colour| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192757/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-29/delhi/28230034_1_bazaar-showcases-craft-bazaar-colour| url-status = dead| archive-date = 29 October 2013|date=29 October 2010| work = [[The Times of India]]| accessdate = 2013-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title = New Delhi News : Celebrating nature and craft: 14th Nature Bazaar opens at Dilli Haat| url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/21/stories/2007122150490200.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225075214/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/21/stories/2007122150490200.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 25 December 2007|date=21 Dec 2007|accessdate = 2013-10-25| work = [[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> In 2012, the Kisan Haat in [[Mehrauli]] was taken on a 15-year lease from [[Delhi Tourism]] to organize where theme-based bazaars, this included South Asian Bazaar, Winter Weaves, and Basant Bazaar. Here regional and speciality cuisines from various parts of India has also been featured<ref name=hindu>{{cite news| title = Just the way it is… |work=The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/just-the-way-it-is/article5268476.ece|date=24 October 2013| accessdate = 2013-10-25| location=Chennai, India| first=Shailaja| last=Tripathi}}</ref>

Similar Dastkar Bazaars are now organized in many parts of the country, where craft groups and different states display and sell the works.<ref>{{cite web| title = Dastkar comes calling: Annual exhibition|publisher=Deccan Chronicle| url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/19076/F|date=25 October 2013|accessdate = 2013-10-25}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|author=Radhika Singh|title=The Fabric of Our Lives: The Story of Fabindia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ug118gkYq7gC&pg=PA196|year=2010|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-670-08434-0|ref=Si}}

==External links==
*[http://www.dastkar.org Dastkar, website]

[[Category:Cultural organisations based in India]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1981]]
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[[Category:Indian handicrafts]]

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