Silk story

RiSH :

Silk story

I had to visit a village in Fuia, Nadia, West Bengal, India, where handloom weaving was being done as a part of our college field visit. Spinning and weaving were the main sources of income for the locals.
The types of fabric produced included cotton, lots of silk, less of wool and very rare synthetic. Every house had two or three weaving hand looms. Also they had fabric and thread available for sale. This picture shows one such shop with loads of silk thread. It reminds me of past “Silk Route” studied in history, in which India also was a leading business centre. Till now the traditional silk weaving continues in numerous parts of the country.

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Silk story by RiSH :
  • Sally Omar

    Sally Omar

    Awesome colors and design!!!!!!

  • RiSH : replied

    Thanks for nice comment!

  • Denis Molodkin

    Denis Molodkin

    Wonderful entry

  • RiSH : replied

    Thanks! Expect a vote then … Colours from India’s Streets

  • ekolina

    ekolina

    Lovely colors! And silk! Nice shot!

  • RiSH : replied

    Thanks! these are pure Indian silk.

  • Arletta

    Arletta

    I’ve heard wonderful things, over many years, in regards to the beauty, variety, durability, and low cost of India silks and other cloths.

    Unfortunately, so, apparently, has everyone else, as I have not been able to find one person where I could get what I need, that I couldn’t get it cheaper making it myself or buying it from Fabric By The Pound in Tucson.

    However, this is a lovely image.

  • RiSH : replied

    May be you should look at right place … its hard to get silk cheap now a days.
    Thanks for loving it.

  • Karin Taylor

    Karin Taylorcommunity helper

    fabulous collection and comp
    love all the brilliant coloured threads
    congratulations on your homepage feature, well done!

  • RiSH : replied

    Thanks!!! The brilliant coloured threads are result of hardwork by silk farmers. I just got them into lens.

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153

    Congratulations on making the home page!

  • RiSH : replied

    Thanks for the concern :))

  • Denzil

    Denzil

    Well done on home page!

    Small aside about the cost of silk – meant in kindness: why should silk be cheap???? It takes intensive effort by people to extract the thread, spin it, colour it and weave it into cloth. It’s not something that just happens!! The fact that silk comes from the poorer countries of the world doesn’t mean that we should expect to get it for next to nothing … Just my thoughts… I’ve been fortunate enough to see silk being produced (in Turkey), and believe me, it’s not a job most of us would want to do!
    Sorry, back to the topic!! Love your picture, well done :)

  • RiSH : replied

    You are absolutely right!!!
    It doesnot come cheap keeping in mind the hardwork of people involved in WIP stages. But if you go to a village, the silk farmers sell the silk filament obtained to village head or to a wholesaler at a very negligible cheap rate. Silk weavers also dont get very high price. They do the job on hour basis payment and silk or cotton doesnot concern them. It is at the garment stage after the silk is woven, silk gains its popularity and price. It is even exported to foreign countries at a rate which limits the sky sometimes. There is no proper balance in the supply chain in terms of economy.
    Now a days … Self Help Groups (SHG) are coming up who are involved in the entire process from extracting silk to selling a dress … they consist of local people and get a good price to share among themself. They also get subsidy and other helps from Govt. like marketing and promotion, etc. So the vertical integration of the chain is required to retain maximum profit.
    I have uploaded another pic for you … Check it out.

    Thanks for your love!!!

  • Glenn Alderson

    Glenn Alderson

    Love the fantastic vibrant colours….........well done on the Home page!

  • RiSH : replied

    Thanks Glenn. I appreciate your liking. :)

  • Chetan Raghuram

    Chetan Raghuram

    congrats for the feature. i got featured too!!

  • RiSH : replied

    Thanks buddy!!! Congrats to you too … which image of your got featured ??

  • TeriLee

    TeriLee

    Congratulations!!!! Your image is in the TOP 10…Click on the banner to see the Winners Forum! :)

  • RiSH : replied

    I am pleased to be in the top ten. Thanks for the nice challenge.

  • KazM

    KazM

    Gorgeous Rainbow Array
    Well caught

  • RiSH : replied

    Thanks KazM

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