For Mayank Mansingh Kaul, textiles are not just about fabric, technique or design. They are a way of understanding people, places and the times they lived in. As a writer, researcher and curator, he has spent years studying Indian textiles and the many stories they carry—of makers and merchants, of patronage and fashion, of memory, migration and change. His work has taken him from museums and archives to weaving communities across the country, bringing together objects, histories and lived experiences. Through exhibitions, books and research, he has helped broaden the conversation around Indian textiles, showing how they continue to speak to questions of culture, identity and belonging in the present day.