Assam Couple Uses Indigenous ‘Ahimsa’ Silk To Make it Big in France & Japan
7Weaves Social Pvt Ltd, a small textile company founded by Mandakini Gogoi and her husband, Rituraj Dewan, work with indigenous tribes in Assam’s forests to create a unique social experiment. They’re marrying fashion with preserving the biodiversity of the region through Eri silk production and other eco-friendly practices.
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Every day for the past four years, Mandakini Gogoi and her husband, Rituraj Dewan, have been travelling from their home in Guwahati, Assam, to the forests of the Loharghat range. It is largely a mix of business, pleasure, passion and hard work that encourages their daily grind to certain small villages there. They are very comfortable with the village folk, who come to the centres they have created in the region to spin, weave, dye and churn out miraculous textiles that are created, honed and polished before sending them off to the Indian market and also to many foreign buyers.