A Kancheevaram saree without the gold border? Grandmothers might cringe at the thought, and youngsters, who have grown up seeing the shiny thick line on drapes, might simply not believe it. But ...

Co-optex has identified 15 looms that would weave only ahimsa pattu. The weavers of these looms have traditionally been doing threadwork on sarees and they have been asked to continue. The society ...