Years ago my mother gifted me a silk shawl; the fabric that I held in my hand was coarse. Nothing like any silk fabric I had worn so far. Guessing my disappointment, mother told me that this shawl ...

Hira Lal said that currently, the market price for one kilogram of silk cocoons is Rs 45,000. When processed, the cocoons ...

The indigenous weavers have been effected by notes ban. Sualkuchi, Assam: 32-year-old Joymati Kalita has been weaving magic on Assam Muga and Eri silk for over a decade. She is one among the 25,000 ...

A dazzling traditional dress (mekhela chadar) woven with 'Muga' silk is indigenous to Brahmaputra Valley in Assam. In fact, it is one of most expensive gifts an Assamese young man can pick to win the ...

Guwahati, Nov. 12: The journey might not be silky smooth, but Assam?s famous muga silk is geared to go the distance in its quest for a patent. The Tarun Gogoi government has already begun preparing ...

Sualkuchi (Assam), Mar 30: The Army was deployed and indefinite curfew clamped today in the silk town Sualkuchi in Assam's Kamrup (Rural) district following protests against use of artificial silk ...

Guwahati, Feb 13 (PTI) Assam government has decided to plant 25 lakh trees to grow eri and muga cocoons to promote the growth and development of the state’s silk industry. “The state government has ...

Weaver Rekha Doley works at home in Panbari Mising village in Assam, India. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Picture Courtesy Impulse Social Enterprises CHENNAI, India, Aug 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

Designer Sanjukta Dutta took Assam silk on the coveted red carpet with model Ingrida Ilgine wearing a stunning neon gown made from Assam silk. Indian celebrities were truly ruling the red carpet at ...

CHENNAI, India, Aug 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Senai Mili invited Rekha Doley into her home in India's northeastern Assam a few months back, the two women shared knowledge that has ...