Handloom & Tech

Kashmir’s Crackdown on Fake Handicrafts Is a Wake-Up Call for the Entire Country

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Last fortnight, Jammu & Kashmir moved from making promises to taking action. Dealers were given just seven days to remove machine-made imports being passed off as Kashmiri handicrafts — or face blacklisting and deregistration. One retailer has already been blacklisted for putting a forged QR label on a machine-made carpet and selling it as an […]

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Andhra Pradesh Does the Math (Literally): Power, Pensions, and a Patterned Reboot for Weavings

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Let’s do some quick arithmetic: Andhra Pradesh is now offering its weavers 200 units of free electricity per month—no strings attached. That might not sound like much to your typical Netflix-bingeing household—but for a handloom weave, where the shuttle never quite quits, that’s pure, hardworking power that doesn’t get billed. In a world where even

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IIT Delhi’s Handloom Hackathon 2025 — When Tradition Met Technology

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On August 4, 2025, the hallowed halls of IIT Delhi witnessed something extraordinary. Dogra Hall, usually home to engineering prototypes and tech innovations, became a buzzing hub of looms, yarns, sustainability charts, and digital blueprints. This was India’s first large-scale Handloom Hackathon, an ambitious initiative by the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, in collaboration

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National Handloom Day: A Celebration Wrapped in Silence, or a Wake-Up Call in Threads?

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🧵 August 7. A date that once shook an empire. The day the Swadeshi Movement was born in 1905 — not with rifles, but with threads woven in resistance. And today, we call it National Handloom Day. But ask yourself: Are we truly celebrating it, or just posting about it? The Irony of Celebration Every

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Handloom Is the New Green: When Threads of Tradition Meet the Future of Fashion

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In a world where climate summits are held in glass towers sponsored by fossil fuel giants and “sustainable” T-shirts ship in plastic from across oceans, there’s a quiet revolution happening in India’s villages. It hums on a handloom. It smells of natural dyes. It begins in the calloused hands of weavers who’ve never heard of

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Why No Centralized Unit? Because Handloom Is a Soul, Not a System

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Imagine this. You walk into a massive, air-conditioned factory, buzzing with machines, supervisors barking orders, punch cards ticking time, workers on shifts, and production targets glowing red on LED boards. Efficient, right? Now imagine this. A quiet village lane. The rhythmic clack of a loom. A weaver sits cross-legged, sari pallu neatly tucked, a cup

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Vastra Katha: Delhi’s Fashion-Forward Leap to Revive Handloom and Khadi

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A New Chapter in the Handloom Narrative On this year’s National Handloom Day, Delhi isn’t just celebrating tradition — it’s rewriting the script. In an unexpected yet promising move, the Delhi government is revamping its Khadi and Village Industries Board through a fashion-forward initiative titled “Vastra Katha”. This isn’t your usual bureaucratic press release or

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Handloom Hackathon 2025: Where Threads of Tradition Meet Ideas of Tomorrow

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🧵 August 2–3, 2025 Venue: IIT Delhi, Research & Innovation Park In a world rapidly racing toward digital futures, where AI, automation, and e-commerce dominate conversations, it’s easy to forget the hands that still weave stories into threads—the Indian handloom community. But what if these very hands got to sit at the table of innovation? What

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This Onam, Wrap Yourself in Legacy — Prebook Your Kerala Sarees & Dhotis Now!

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As the scent of fresh banana chips, jasmine flowers, and payasam fills the air, we know Onam is near — a time of celebration, nostalgia, and cultural pride. But here’s a reminder from the handloooms of Kerala: Good things take time. Great things take even longer. That’s why we invite you to prebook your Kerala

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Can India’s Handloom Sector Become a UNESCO-Certified Heritage Economy?

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In a world hurtling toward digital wearables, AI-designed outfits, and fast fashion flying at carbon-spewing speed, there exists an ancient, sustainable, and soul-rich industry: India’s handloom sector. The very threads that once clothed royalty, inspired freedom movements, and wove generations together are now seeking something more powerful than trends — recognition. 🌍 What Is a

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