The Flap Chair by Chamar Studio is an intriguing piece that captured the attention of visitors and celebrity guests at this year’s Design Miami. In collaboration with æquō, Chamar’s founder, Sudheer ...
For Sudheer Rajbhar, his experimental luxury brand, Chamar, is more than just a business. He attempts to accord respectability to the word ‘chamar’ (untouchable). The quest led the art graduate to the ...
Meet Sudheer Rajbhar who has taken the derogatory term ‘chamar’ that refers to Dalit leather workers, and used it as a name for his Dharavi-based bag brand, flaunting it as a badge of honour. Sitting ...
What does the colour blue mean to you? For Sudheer Rajbhar, founder of the Mumbai-based accessories brand Chamar Studio, it represents the oft-neglected contribution of blue-collar workers. “Whether ...
In a lifetime, we come across some people who confirm that identity is a state of mind. That’s exactly what came to my mind when I came across Chamar Studio, artist and founder, Sudheer Rajbhar’s ...
The word Chamar has almost been banned from the urban lexicon for its association with untouchability, but ‘Chamar Studio’, a city-based fashion brand wears the invective on its sleeve in a bid to ...
Sudheer Rajbhar’s beige tote bags are as fancy as they come. However, what sets his apart from the scores of totes you see in a SoBo gallery or Hauz Khas Village boutique is the word chamar inscribed ...
A cramped workspace in a Santa Cruz East slum is bustling with activity. Three men are busy cutting patterns out of recycled rubber. A few kilometres away, in an equally small space in Dharavi, four ...
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 6 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited Chamar Studio in Dharavi, Mumbai, where he met designer Sudheer Rajbhar and his ...
NEW DELHI: A debate might be raging on the use of the word itself, but an entire ecosystem is slowly being built around ‘Dalit’ and even ‘Chamar’, with T-shirts that say ‘Kiss me. I’m Dalit’, or ‘It’s ...