Today is National Handloom Da y. Swadeshi Movement was launched on this very day i.e. 7 th August, 1905 . Handloom reflects the glorious traditions of Indian Textile Industry and an era of self reliance in the area of garment production and fashion. History is replete with instances of Indian textiles occupying high demand within Indian borders and far across the oceans. Handloom is also a significant source of livelihood which holds capacity to empower artisans associated with the profession. It is estimated that 70% of all handloom weavers and allied workers in India are women. However, being a household activity and entrenched in rural backgrounds, imperfect and often cheap imitations through power looms and illegal inroads through mills have brought this sector into a state of slow decay and death. I belong to Kerala and hail from the district of Palakkad. For several centuries handloom weaves from the Villages of Kollengode, Chittoor, Devangapuram, Kallanchira, Ne
Mystery of Life
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Dilute your concerns
Evaporate your worries
Sublimate your anger
Filter your thoughts
Light up the fires
of passion and
Crystals of love
in pure form
surfaces
as residue!
Life is Biology
Symbiotic relationships
Osmosis of energies
Through mitosis and meiosis
Genetically encapsulate
the mystery and
Procreate life!
Life is History
Every day
new events
Show up
at sunrise
And sets on you
With sleep
Life is a mystery
No mix of Chemistry, Biology
or History
Can really increase your joys;
diminish your miseries or
take you out from a fix
So take Life
As it comes
But don’t take it
Lying down
Rise up and face it -
This mystery shall
Transform, into History.