Hyderabad, April 16 -- At a time when conversations around design and heritage often feel surface-level, an evening at Hyderabad's Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU) offered something far more layered. In collaboration with the Crafts Council of Telangana, the university hosted the third edition of We Speak, a growing platform that brings artisans and contemporary thinkers into the same room to examine the evolving life of Indian crafts.

This edition unfolded as a thoughtful exploration of how these traditions survive, adapt, and sometimes transform entirely in the modern world.

A demonstration of Bidri

On April 15, the evening began with a live demonstration by Taher Siddiqui, a third-generation practition...