After getting favourable support for “My Handloom, My Pride,” and “My Sari, My Pride” campaigns, the Union Textiles Ministry decided to launch an e-commerce platform that would help weavers and artisans sell their products, directly to consumers. The Ministry also plans to hold “My Sari, My Pride” exhibitions at all the district centres and small cities of the country. Talking …
When Assamese artisans, Jyotsna and Kavita, were chosen to co-design garments with a designer in New Delhi, they faced immediate protest from their husbands and family members based in Kamrup, Assam. Antaran supports handloom traders, weavers, artisans and to-be entrepreneurs, who will now display their traditional designs at the Artisan Exhibit of Handwoven Textiles that starts today. “At the centre, …
