Handloom & Tech

Handloom 2.0: How Blockchain Can Save Weavers From Extinction

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Handloom is not just a fabric—it’s history, culture, and survival woven together. But let’s face it: India’s weavers, the very backbone of this 2,000-year-old tradition, are on the verge of extinction. Counterfeit powerloom products, false “handloom” tags, and corporate exploitation have pushed authentic artisans into poverty. This isn’t just an economic issue—it’s cultural genocide. If […]

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GoCoop to GoSwadeshi: The Digital Marketplace That Wove Itself Into India’s Handloom Story

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In 2011, a man named Siva Devireddy, then working in the corporate tech world, decided to tackle a centuries-old problem — how to get rural artisans and weavers direct access to customers without being crushed by the weight of middlemen. He saw firsthand that while India’s handloom tradition was rich and varied, the people making

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Counterfeit Handloom: How Amazon, Flipkart & JioMart Are Auctioning Off India’s Weaving Soul

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India’s handloom tradition has survived invasions, colonisation, and the industrial revolution. But today, it faces an enemy more dangerous than any loom-destroying policy or foreign import — the silent, systemic, and organised counterfeit handloom trade happening on so-called “trusted” e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, and JioMart. These platforms claim to empower small businesses and artisans.

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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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