74-YO Revives The Cotton Industry’s Lost Glory With Malkha, The Freedom Fabric
Uzramma is using malkha (amalgamation of mulmul and khadi), a fabric that is all-encompassing in the sense of generating livelihood, promoting a sustainable way of life, and pushing for environment-friendly living.
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“Just as in a jungle one senses the presence of an animal one cannot see, I could sense, as I entered the weavers’ world, something important just out of sight, that might transform that world, or be the key to a golden future for Indian cotton hand weaving.”
The words of the mononymous Uzramma who has been attempting to restore the 3000-year-old legacy of India’s cotton handloom tradition for the last 20 years hit hard. She has been pushing to reinstate the autonomy of the country’s small growers, ginners, spinners, dyers and weavers. To do this, she’s using