Women of the Rajbanshi tribe in West Bengal, India, have been weaving jute into mats, bags, and other products for generations. Many depend on the craft to make their livelihoods. But mass-produced ...

Artist Harsha Puthusserry is on a mission. She employs art to empower women weaving various patterns of jute to fight the plastic menace. In a way this is art for life’s sake. “I have always been ...

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Jamshedpur, Feb. 23: In unity, strands gain strength. Around 130 women jute item makers from 10 self-help groups in Parsudih panchayat have formed a single cluster to produce in bulk and variety for a ...

Kolkata: The Kankaria Group is set to ramp up production capacity in its jute and textile divisions with an investment of Rs ...

An American professor, Arlie Russell Hochschild, once said, “...Most women work one shift in the office or factory and a ...

Typically associated with the crude ‘gunny bag’ used in the bazaars of the Indian sub-continent, jute is now very much up-market with an amazing variety of fashionable products being turned out from ...

Vijay Bahadur Chauhan, a 57-year-old jute mill worker, is listening attentively to what a bank official is saying. The official of a public sector bank is highlighting how a non-Android phone user, ...

Women of the Rajbanshi tribe in West Bengal have been weaving jute into mats, bags, and other products for generations. Many depend on the craft to make their livelihoods. But mass-produced mats are ...