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Laila Tyabji (born May 2, 1947) is an Indian social worker, craft revivalist, art designer and the founder of Dastkar,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dastkar )〕 a Delhi-based non governmental organization, working for the revival of traditional crafts in India. She was honored by the Government of India in 2012 with the fourth–highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. ==Biography== Laila Tyabji was born on 2 May 1947 in a Sulaimani Bohra Muslim family to a former Indian diplomat as one of his four children in the Indian capital of Delhi.〔 Her early schooling was at the Welham Girls' School in Dehradun and she continued her studies in art at Vadodara.〔 Later, she went to Japan trained under Toshi Yoshida, a Japanese printmaking artist to start a career as a designer.〔〔 The turning point in her career came when Tyabji received a contract from the Gujarat State Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation to visit Kutch for documenting the handicraft work of the Gurjari craftsmen.〔 The assignment, originally fixed for 3 months got prolonged to six. Returning from Kutch, Tyabji worked as a merchandiser for ''Taj Khazana'', a chain of luxury lifestyle stores run by Taj Group of Hotels, dealing in Indian arts and crafts. However, the difficulty in the procurement of goods from remote areas like Assam gave Tyabji the idea of starting a procurement agency to act as the middle man.〔 Tyabji co-founded Dastkar with five other women in 1981〔〔 and the inaugural Dastkar Nature Bazaar was held in New Delhi, the same year at the Triveni Kala Sangam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Hindu )〕 The nature bazaar has since become a regular event with a permanent venue at Kisan Haat, Mehrauli, Delhi. Tyabji also cooperated with the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA), a similar non-governmental organization founded by renowned Gandhian, Ela Bhatt. She is credited with revolutionizing the craft industry in India by developing a market for Indian crafts, modernizing the artisans' skills, and acting as the liaising link between the artisans and the buyers.〔 Dastkar operates on the policy of leaving the ownership of the goods to the artisans who produced them, retaining a 20 percent revenue towards the operating costs.〔 It provides the artisans with training and assists them with credit, designs, and product development techniques.〔〔 The organization has a producer group base of over 250, which collectively employs more than 36,000 artisans.〔〔 Under the aegis of Dastkar, Tyabji has worked in Kashmir for the social reestablishment of the victims of terrorism, in Ranthambore, for the rehabilitation of the people who were evacuated for the National Park〔〔 and in Bellary for the revival of the dying art of Lambani embroidery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Hindu )〕〔 She is associated with the artisans across the country such as Banjara Needle Crafts and Rabari mirror work craftswoman of Kutch and Maharashtra, Chicken craft workers of Lucknow, Kasuti embroidery artisans of Karnataka, and the clay artisans of Rajasthan.〔〔〔 Laila Tyabji authored ''Threads and Voices – Behind the Indian Textile Tradition'', published in 2007,〔〔 and has written several articles in Indian journals.〔 A spinster by choice, lives in Delhi, attending to her duties at her Shahpur Jat office〔 as the Head of Dastkar.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laila Tyabji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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