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Can Warangal’s GI-tagged Dhurries escape the march of mechanisation?

These quilts were prepared for hundreds of years with hand-operated looms, which are diminishing fast
Can Warangal’s GI-tagged Dhurries escape the march of mechanisation?
Workmen in a hand-operated loom near Warangal in Telangana. The area has been famous for its ‘Warangal Dhurries’ since the Mughal conquest of the region in 1687. But with weaving increasingly getting mechanised, these looms are today disappearing fast.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE
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Can Warangal’s GI-tagged Dhurries escape the march of mechanisation?
Workmen in a hand-operated loom near Warangal in Telangana. The area has been famous for its ‘Warangal Dhurries’ since the Mughal conquest of the region in 1687. But with weaving increasingly getting mechanised, these looms are today disappearing fast.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE
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