Mohammad Ameen sits on a mat on the floor, surrounded by piles of cotton. On one side is stiff cotton, and on the other is the fluffy, soft stuff. Sitting between the piles, Ameen uses a handmade ...

Generation-old family tradition of cotton weaving still continues through a cooperative of pre-Independence era at Padmanabhpur village of Ganjam district in Odisha. This is evident from the ...

Sometimes a comparison is more revealing than just a fact. India grows far more cotton than the US. But while cotton in the US is grown by large corporations on farms of vast acreage and harvested by ...

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India is the largest producer of cotton and the crop is of significant importance to the economy. Closely woven into the cotton story is the fate of over 6 million small and marginal farmers who plant ...

Colastie Hebert LeBlanc, known as Tante Colastie by family and friends, was one of the few women still making brown cotton trousseau — a dowry for new brides. But she had 108 blankets. When asked to ...