Today, its Gandhi Jayanti and also the birth anniversary of one of the most influential and perhaps the best Prime Minister India had, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Since last few weeks, i often received questions and remarks from my friends and colleagues, if i stitch my own clothes and kurtas.
While, their remarks were in the spirit of light hearted banter, it made me realize the deep rooted lack of empathy, we as a generation have towards basic requirements of food, clothing, shelter and education and the people who make these available.
We have inherited these with minimal or no special efforts.
It seemed apt to write about handloom today.
This post is to highlight the efforts that go into making a handloom saree.
To put few numbers in perspective,
The handloom industry in India is the second largest un-organized employment provider after agriculture with approximately 10 crore plus population dependently directly on handloom.
The number of people that the handloom industry employs directly or allied is close to 1.5 to 2 crores often employing the entire family.
There are approximately 43 lakh weavers in India
Source : http://handlooms.nic.in/
Here's a short video explaining the process of making a saree from start to finish.
From raw material to the exquisite saree, here's what it takes.
The reason why we should be wearing only handloom is only for our own benefit and well being.
It has less impact on environment and uses low energy to produce and dispose.
Wearing handloom is good for our skin and is superior in quality over any other clothing.
Since last few weeks, i often received questions and remarks from my friends and colleagues, if i stitch my own clothes and kurtas.
While, their remarks were in the spirit of light hearted banter, it made me realize the deep rooted lack of empathy, we as a generation have towards basic requirements of food, clothing, shelter and education and the people who make these available.
We have inherited these with minimal or no special efforts.
It seemed apt to write about handloom today.
This post is to highlight the efforts that go into making a handloom saree.
To put few numbers in perspective,
The handloom industry in India is the second largest un-organized employment provider after agriculture with approximately 10 crore plus population dependently directly on handloom.
The number of people that the handloom industry employs directly or allied is close to 1.5 to 2 crores often employing the entire family.
There are approximately 43 lakh weavers in India
Source : http://handlooms.nic.in/
Here's a short video explaining the process of making a saree from start to finish.
From raw material to the exquisite saree, here's what it takes.
The reason why we should be wearing only handloom is only for our own benefit and well being.
It has less impact on environment and uses low energy to produce and dispose.
Wearing handloom is good for our skin and is superior in quality over any other clothing.
