Weaving a New Design in Benaras: New Life for a Neglected Craft?

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As designers' fraternity moves in to restore the lost glory of Benaras handlooms, on the Buck Stops Here, we ask: is this a new life for a neglected craft? Are achche din around of Varanasi's weavers, which constitute 27 per cent of the population of the city?

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