Karimnagar: The government is committed to supporting the Sircilla handloom industry to enhance its competitiveness in the market, said Government Chief Whip and Vemulawada MLA Aadi Srinivas. He noted that the government has placed a bulk order for 66 lakh metres of fabric under the Rajiv Vidya Mission to benefit the Sircilla handloom industry. Speaking on the occasion, Srinivas announced …
It’s a world that’s long disappeared: the tall cotton trees in Gujarat that Marco Polo admired; clothes, finer and whiter than flax spotted by Alexander’s admiral in 327 BC; muslin that could be drawn through a ring; entire villages engaged in the making of cotton. Uzramma, whose Malkha initiative was born from a dream of replacing large spinning mills with …
The Hyderabad office of Chitrika, an artisan producer company that works with 300 handloom weaver families across Ponduru in Srikakulam district and Mandapeta in East Godavari districts, Andhra Pradesh, and Narayanpet district in Telangana, is adorned with racks stocking saris and fabrics. “We also have a network of pre-loom workers; and dyeing is outsourced.” Weaves and techniques Chitrika weavers specialise …
Kajal Aggarwal celebrated her Haryali Teej today with the women in her family. KAJAL AGGARWAL'S FIRST HARYALI TEEJ Kajal Aggarwal has been shooting for her pan-India film Uma with director Tatagatha Singha in Kolkata. KAJAL AGGARWAL'S THOUGHTFUL POST ON NATIONAL HANDLOOM DAY Every year, August 7 is observed as National Handloom Day. Kajal Aggarwal shares photos of herself from her …