Kasuti- A traditional Folk Hand Embroidery In Obbavva’s Journey
In the late 80s Obbava, a middle-aged migrated from a village near Irkal or IIKal to Hubbali city after losing her husband. She had no issues of her own. She was abandoned by her in-laws. She came to live with her nephew whom she had raised. She then had to live on her own after her nephew’s marriage. She was working as a domestic worker in 4-5 houses and earning her living. She used to wear high-power spectacle glasses commonly known in the region as ‘Soda budi’ because of her poor vision. She worked at my friend’s place as a nanny. At my friend's place, she lived in the backyard servant room. My friend’s father happened to be from Irkal city so he got associated with her and extended meaningful help. As the days rolled on, one evening during my case study, work about destitute women, I interviewed Obbavva. Then I got to know about the traditional folk embroidery of North Karnataka. Ilkal is a City in Bagalkot district in Karnataka State. India. The town is located in a v...