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'''Jasleen Dhamija''' (1933 – 4 March 2023) was an Indian textile art historian, crafts expert and [[United Nations]] worker.<ref name=today>{{cite web | title = Jasleen Dhamija looks beyond embroidery at the people responsible for it |work=India Today| url = https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20011029-jasleen-dhamija-looks-beyond-embroidery-at-the-people-responsible-for-it-774533-2001-10-28 |author=Labonita Ghosh|date=29 October 2001|access-date = 2014-10-09 }}</ref> Based in Delhi, she was best known for her pioneering research on the [[handloom]] and handicraft industry, especially history of textiles and costumes.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web | title = Drapes and divinity - The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/jasleen-dhamija-editor-of-sacred-textiles-of-india/article6241449.ece |author=Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty| website = [[The Hindu]] |date=23 July 2014| accessdate = 2014-10-09 }}</ref><ref name=su/> She was professor of living cultural traditions at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web | title = The interpretation of yarns |work=India Today | url = https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/20090126-the-interpretation-of-yarns-738770-2009-01-15 |author=Damayanti Datta|date=16 January 2009 | access-date = 2014-10-09 }}</ref> Over the years, during her career as a textile revivalist and scholar, she authored several books on textiles, including ''Sacred Textiles of India'' (2014).<ref name=hindu/><ref>{{cite web | title = Weaving holy traditions |work=MiD DAY| url = http://www.mid-day.com/articles/weaving-holy-traditions/15569199 |author=Dhara Vora |date=1 Sep 2014| accessdate = 2014-10-09 }}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Dhamija was born in 1933,<ref name=ht/> and grew up in [[Abbottabad]], in the [[North Western Frontier Province]], before her family migrated to Delhi in 1940, where they lived in Khyber Pass locality of [[Civil Lines, Delhi]]. She graduated from [[Miranda House]], [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]].<ref name=ht>{{cite web | title = India in the 1940s: The way we were|work= Hindustan Times | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/brunch-stories/india-in-the-1940s-the-way-we-were/article1-1106116.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130811091838/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/India-in-the-1940s-The-way-we-were/Article1-1106116.aspx | url-status = dead | archive-date = 11 August 2013 |date=10 August 2013| accessdate = 2014-10-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Of people and places: Jasleen Dhamija | url = http://www.india-seminar.com/2002/515/515%20jasleen%20dhamija.htm |work=Indian-seminar|date=2002| accessdate = 2014-10-09 }}</ref><br />
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Dhamija died on 4 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-16 |title=Remembering Jasleen Dhamija, India's custodian of crafts (1933–2023) |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/jasleen-dhamija-india-custodian-of-crafts-1933-2023-8499015/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Dhamija started her career in 1954, with culture and craft revivalist [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]] in the [[Government of India]], and started working on craft revival, community development and women's employment.<ref>{{cite web | title = South has preserved crafts successfully so far |work= The New Indian Express | url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1324776.ece| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141026150303/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1324776.ece| url-status = dead| archive-date = 26 October 2014|author=Janani Sampath|date=3 November 2012| accessdate = 2014-10-09 }}</ref><ref name=craft>{{cite web| title = Dhamija, Jasleen| work = craftrevival.org| url = http://www.craftrevival.org/voiceDetails.asp?Code=258| accessdate = 2014-10-09| archive-date = 14 February 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140214084016/http://craftrevival.org/voiceDetails.asp?Code=258| url-status = dead}}</ref> In the 1960s, she worked with the Handicrafts Board of India, next she started working with artisans directly in rural area, this in time lead to her work with the UN developing self-help programmes for women in war-torn Balkan countries.<ref name=today/><br />
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Over the years, she curated several textile and crafts exhibitions.<ref name=craft/> Besides several books, on crafts and textile, she also wrote two cookbooks, including ''Joy of Vegetarian Cooking'' (2000). In 2007, she published a biography of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and her role in the revival of the arts and crafts in modern India.<ref>{{cite web | title =Paperback Pickings|work= The Telegraph - Calcutta| url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070316/asp/opinion/story_7520545.asp | archive-url =https://archive.today/20141009121420/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070316/asp/opinion/story_7520545.asp | url-status =dead | archive-date =9 October 2014 |date=16 March 2007| accessdate = 2014-10-09 }}</ref><br />
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She was part of the faculty at the [[National Institute of Fashion Technology]], New Delhi, where she taught History of Indian Textiles and costumes.<ref name=su>{{cite web|title=Jasleen Dhamija|url=http://www.sutratextilestudies.com/Jasleen%20Dhamija.pdf|work=Sutra Textile Studies|accessdate=2014-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014153634/http://www.sutratextilestudies.com/Jasleen%20Dhamija.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
* {{cite book|author1=P.N. Mago|author2=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Himachal Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0svSQAACAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Tata Press}}<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Role of Institutional Support on the Rural Non-farm Sector|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RU1HQAACAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Employment and Rural Development Division, World Bank}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Living Tradition of Iran's Crafts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fs4JAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Vikas|isbn=978-0-7069-0728-5}}<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Jasleen Dhamija|author2=Carnegie Corporation of New York|author3=Ford Foundation |title=Women and handicrafts: myth and reality|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LIgwAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=SEEDS}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Income-generating Activities for Rural Women in Developing Countries : an Overview|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cDGMHAAACAAJ|year=1983|publisher=International Labour Office}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Crafts of Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6DDaAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Mapin|isbn=9780295962481}}<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Jasleen Dhamija|author2=Jyotindra Jain|title=Handwoven fabrics of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u2VQAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Mapin Pub.|isbn=9780944142264}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Indian Folk Arts and Crafts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5Q4ngEACAAJ|year=1994|publisher=National Book Trust}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=The Woven Silks of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmNQAAAAMAAJ|date= 1995|publisher=Marg Publications|isbn=978-81-85026-28-2}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=The Joy of Vegetarian Cooking|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KZcrAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-028749-3}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Woven magic: the affinity between Indian and Indonesian textiles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIfWAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Dian Rakyat|isbn=9789795235675}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Cooking for All Seasons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OP3aAAAACAAJ|date=2003|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-302809-3}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Handicrafts of India: Our Cultural Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoZjAAAACAAJ|date=2003|publisher=National Book Trust, India|isbn=978-81-237-3974-8}}<br />
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnyGckk3RiwC&pg=PA237 |title=Asian embroidery |author=Jasleen Dhamija <br />
|publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=2004 |isbn=81-7017-450-3 }}<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Jasleen Dhamija |title=Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVRuAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=National Book Trust|isbn=978-81-237-4882-5}}<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Joanne B. Eicher|authorlink1=Joanne Eicher|author2=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion: South Asia and Southeast Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4KBkQEACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Berg|isbn=978-1-84788-393-3}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Jasleen Dhamija|title=Sacred Textiles of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s0HongEACAAJ|date= 2014|publisher=Marg Publications|isbn=978-93-83243-01-3}}<br />
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