handloom

Sushmita Kaneri, a software engineer-turned-social entrepreneur, launched Gullakaari to revive India’s endangered crafts and empower 1,000+ artisans with sustainable livelihoods. She is training them to make functional products through traditional art.

From sustainable pet accessories to impactful collaborations with animal welfare organisations, IndieGood is leading a movement to make better choices for pets, people, and the planet.

In a bid to revive the traditional craft of weaving, Kalaiyarasi Ramachandran transformed handloom weaving into a DIY activity.

Anshul Malhotra, who helms her father’s handloom business Krishna Wools, talks about how she helps women in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi earn a stable living through weaving, and how she fought archaic notions to keep this tradition alive.

Lucknow-based Greenwear Fashion, founded by Abhishek Pathak, produces a variety of fabrics, including Khadi, woven on solar looms and handlooms, and also creates different types of garments using these fabrics.

Assam's Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi found an innovative of way of dealing with the plastic waste thrown around Kaziranga National Park — weaving it into traditional handloom that is today helping over 2000 village women earn a livelihood.

The women of the Mising community of Pathorichuk village in Assam are thrilled to be earning from their handloom weaving, and its all thanks to Rishi Raj Sarmah and Pabitra Lama Sarmah for setting up a thread initiative — Xuta.

Uzramma is using malkha (amalgamation of mulmul and khadi), a fabric that is all-encompassing in the sense of generating livelihood, promoting a sustainable way of life, and pushing for environment-friendly living.

"We don’t expose this rich fibre to any kind of chemical treatment. Some of our natural dyes like marigold and indigo are known to have skin-healing properties as well."

Treated with a mixture of oil and ash, coloured by the hue of an Indian tree — a single piece of Telia Rumal takes around 2 months to be completed.