JATAKA – final collection note from the designer of Maku As we move deeper into questions about our existence, we explore the connection we share with everything around us. Drawing light from the ‘Jataka’ – stories of the former births of The Buddha on his path of gradual transformation to The Enlightened One – we inquire into the concept of rebirth and actualization within our own sphere of traditional Indian textiles: of age-old dye-pigments, weaving techniques, and aesthetics. The warm generosity of the red, rendered through natural pigments of lac and madder, slowly seeps into the richness of our indigo, making us more rooted in our expression.