New Delhi, March 28 -- ​​As children, my sister and I were taught to weave baskets from plastic wire, sitting for hours to fold, insert and tug the strips into squares or little ​nellikai knots, a skill we've both forgotten. Those plastic baskets that w​ere taken to market are now sold in boutiques as 'designer ​koodais', the price tags finally recognizing the hours of finger-numbing labour, mathematical ability for pattern-making and sensibility for colour required. In India, art has a tradition of being produced by the community for their own use or for trade, but more importantly, there was no distinction between 'art objects' and items of everyday use. Shawls to keep you warm carried tassels and mirrors, ...