The handloom might be an anachronism and perhaps be even commercially unviable, but we cannot exaggerate its importance: it embodies human ingenuity of invention and the ability to leverage basic tools to find solutions to problems.

Eri doesn’t have the same vaunted origins as mulberry but it makes up for its humbler history by the care it requires in spinning and weaving.

Project Gamchha is about weaving, and when it comes to weaving, it is natural for one's thoughts to segue from craft to philosophy.