We celebrate the National Handloom Day with little write ups about designers / revivalists/ dedicated individuals who are working to bring back to life forgotten weaves and textile techniques. All of them are known to me and are friends where there is a shared camaraderie and a mutual love for textiles… I cover 3 of them in this post. The Celebrations start from 1 st of August and go to the 10 th of August. Keeping this in mind, I cover a series of such revivalists over the next couple of posts. (For the uninitiated – 7 th August 1905 was the day when the Swadeshi Movement was launched. It was launched in Calcutta Town Hall. It was aimed to promote domestic and indigenous goods and products. Primarily amongst them the handloom which was a way to boycott imported goods especially apparel. To commemorate this and give a boost to the domestic production especially those woven by hand, the National Handloom Day was launched. The first one was held on 7 th August 2015 and inau...