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NATURE BAZAAR·Organised by Dastakar, New Delhi· Dilli Haat, New Delhi· January 17-22

Opium dreams lull most youth in UP district

Opium and its derivatives hold almost complete sway over the lives of most of the youth of Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, where the Union …

Boost for weavers

Gandhian to the core

Radha Ben remembers the noted economist and thinker who passed away on November 14

A climate change for the artisan

Will demand for eco-friendly goods mean a decline in artisnal skills?

Making sense of `Make in India'

Manufacturing needs to get a boost. But what to manufacture and how are two critical questions

The unskilled Venkataswamy

Coconut courier service

The economy of a village is built around coconuts—delivered free to a shrine via buses

Weaving trouble

Kashmir's handmade pashmina shawls have long been threatened by power looms outside the state. The problem has now spread within

High on nectar

Demand for neera, the fresh sap of young coconut flowers, is rising with advances in food preservation technologies. It's time Kerala stopped …

Crafted tales

Startups are connecting artisans to the urban consumer by providing them an online market to showcase their craft

Simmering

Pottery units, papad -makers, leather workers, furniture makers, even dance bars: Dharavi is a bustling economy now threatened by builder-driven …

Chirala saree weavers losing out to computer-aided designs

Hanging by a thread

Weavers of renowned Ponduru khadi are abandoning the craft

Handloom threatened

Textile ministry proposes change in definition of handloom. Weavers fear it can ruin the tradition

Drastic step or careless move?

Bill allows regional rural banks to tap private capital

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought