“We have to look at handlooms as strength of India” - What is your opinion?

For hundreds of years, India has developed a rich cultural heritage of handloom products which has helped India to develop a unique fashion sense of its own. The cotton and silk fabrics that are regularly produced by the handloom experts of India can be finely woven into stylish clothing items that are just perfect for the tropical weather. Although today the fashion trends in India have changed a lot in the recent times and most men and women prefer to wear western outfits in their day to day lives, this is surely going to change in the future as fashion always do. When it does, India can establish itself as one of the biggest names in the global fashion scene.

Any fashion conscious man or woman would want to wear clothes that would make him or her look unique and different from the others. This would naturally mean that there is always a demand for clothes that allow a person to explore his or her unique sense of style and fashion identity. The Indian handloom clothes can do just that by allowing people with plenty of scope to explore their own sense of style. Already the fashion designers in India who work with khadi, cotton and silk clothing have proven to the world that if designed in a beautiful way, there is nothing like Indian clothing for those who want to create a strong impression with their dressing sense. These designers have taken Indian fashion to the world stage and people in other parts of the globe also nowadays take a strong interest in Indian fashion and what it can offer to them.

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Such a growing popularity of Indian handlooms in the world stage should certainly make the people of India feel proud. In fact, the handloom industry in India contributes in the major way to the annual GDP of the country, thereby helping the economy of the country to expand further. While many other countries of the world such as those in Asia and Africa regularly compete with India to produce fabrics and handloom goods that can have a strong appeal for the global market, it is India that stands ahead of the rest due to its uniqueness in fashion apparel. While the products from these other competition countries are certainly good, they are not unique and different such as those that are produced in India. This makes India one of the leading suppliers of handloom products in the world.

The current economic pressures in India are certainly making it difficult for the handloom industry in the country to produce as many numbers of goods as they would want to. Many families who have long been associated with the handloom industry are choosing to come to urban areas to find a different type of work that would help them to meet their financial needs. This is not only causing the handloom industry more problems to sustain itself but also indirectly affecting the economical development of the country. The local and national government bodies of India should do everything that they can in order to make things easier for the people who work in the handloom industry so that they feel the urge to produce the handloom goods that they used to.

With the rising popularity of Indian handlooms in the national and global stage, we can say that the future of handlooms certainly look a lot bright. New techniques of production are also being introduced at some places that enhance the rate of production while at the same time maintain the originality and quality for which these products are so well known.