Page 12 - Mann Ki Baat - English

but also helps make our culture living. But everyone does have
more popular. For example, take a desire to move ahead. So they
the Bharat Mandapam in Delhi decided to join the UNNATI Self
itself. Here, you will find amazing Help Group, and by joining this
art works from across the group, they received training in
country. You can also see such block printing and dyeing. These
beautiful public art on display in women who spread the magic
some underpasses and flyovers of colours on clothes are earning
in Delhi. I would request art and lakhs of rupees today. The bed
culture lovers to also work more covers, sarees and dupattas
on public art. This will give us made by them are in great
the pleasant feeling of being demand in the market.
proud of our roots. Friends, like these women of
Rohtak, artisans in different parts
My dear countrymen, in of the country are engaged in
‘Mann ki Baat’, now we will talk making handloom popular. Be it
about ‘colours’—colours that the Sambalpuri saree of Odisha,
have filled the lives of more than the Maheshwari saree of MP, the
250 women in Rohtak district of Paithani of Maharashtra, or the
Haryana with hues of prosperity. hand block prints of Vidarbha,
These women associated with the Bhutiko shawls and woollen
the handloom industry clothes of Himachal, or the Kani
used to run small shawls of Jammu & Kashmir.
shops and do odd The work of handloom artisans
jobs to earn a is spread across every corner
of the country. And you must be
aware that in a few days, on the
th
7 of August, we will celebrate
the National Handloom Day.
Nowadays, the way handloom
products have made their
way into the hearts of people
is really very successful and
tremendous. Now, many private
companies are also promoting
handloom products and
sustainable fashion through AI.
Kosha AI, Handloom India,
D-Junk, Novatax, Brahmaputra
Fables, and many other startups

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