Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Long tale of a legacy loom - The Hindu

Long tale of a legacy loom - The Hindu



It was exactly a year ago; the rhythmic clicks of the traditional looms of Neelikkad village on the banks of Shokanashini River in Thathamangalam stopped reverberating forever.

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“The returns were meagre. An eight-member family can earn a maximum of Rs.35 a day from collective engagement in weaving. Modern education also prompted many of us to look for other options,” says environmentalist S. Guruvayurappan, who hails from the village’s weaving community


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