Kullvi Whims: Where the Himalayas Spin Their Own Story

In the Kulu Valley of Himachal Pradesh in India, “kullvi” simply means “belonging to Kulu.” The “whims” in Kullvi Whims tell a different story. It is one that started as an acronym for Women of Himachal Self Help Group, but became something truer when Nisha Subramanian arrived and discovered that no matter the design she developed with the women, each one wove or knit in a small personal deviation. A different motif placement. An unexpected fleck of color. A signature the maker couldn’t quite suppress.

They kept “whims”. That spirit, of individuality and of craft that resists exact replication, is the force behind everything Kullvi Whims makes.