Handloom saris produced with natural dyes hit the market

Will all weavers of cooperative societies in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts produce Udupi saris with natural dyes?
This khadi collective in a Karnataka village has clients around the world

A diversified Gandhian village economy attempting to train Dalit women and women from other marginalised castes in new remunerative skills
An ancient art is earning modern dividends in Khasi Hills

"Their organic dyes and processing methods have now become an area of study and research for design students”
From the Himalayan mountains to Ocean Blues – Avani to Saagari

Avani's approach is to re-establish the broken link between the natural resource base, the farmer, dyer and weaver, and to…
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