India's Weavers Hanging By A Thread
India’s silk weavers are struggling to survive. In the northern state of Varanasi, home to some 300,000 weavers, tradesmen and women are forced to find additional employment to make ends meet.
According to the Economist, western influences and globalization may help explain why demand for silk weavers is withering away. More and more Indian women are wearing western clothes and only wearing traditional Indian garments for special occasions. Since saris and other Indian clothes are cheaper and easily made by machines, customers can avoid waiting days or weeks for weavers to complete their hand-made garments.
Weavers with no other income often can't afford to send their children to school. Without an education, these children have limited options and often end up learning the family trade — which will continue the cycle of poverty.
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