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Orissa tribals adopt beekeeping business

September 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Koraput (Orrisa), Sep 8 (ANI): Tribals in Orissa’s Kaoraput district take to apiculture to earn a living. A non- governmental organization called ‘Sarvodaya Committee’ initiated the honey collection in 1955, aided by Orissa Khadi and Village industry board.

The beekeepers collect the honeybees and keep them in a box hive and wait for at least three months for the bees to produce honey.

“At first we catch the queen bee from the jungle and keep it in a safe place. Then all the other bees come searching for the queen bee and we catch them. This is how we collect the bees and keep them in a box hive,” Ugresan Guntha, a honey collector.

“The Koraput area is a cold region due to which the cultivation of the Italian bee known as Melifera Mexica is very profitable. The honey produced by the normal Indian bee is around fifteen kilograms of in a year but the honey produced by the Italian bee known as the Malifera Mexica is around 40-45 kilograms,” said Krushna Dalei, a beekeeper.

He also said that the months from December to April are very good season for the collection of honeybees.

The demand for the honey produced in these beekeeping fields is very high.

The beekeepers have to check the honeybees every ten days and look after their needs.

The five kinds of honey bee that are found in Orissa are called Rock bee, Apis bee, Apis Melipa, Apis Maila, and Apis Melifera, which is the most profitable. (ANI)

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Tripura tribal woman’s effort to revive traditional weaving art

May 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Agartala, May 23 (ANI): A tribal woman makes serious effort to revive the dying tribal art of loin loom weaving of ‘Chakma’ tribe in Tripura.

Traditionally, all tribal communities in Tripura have been weaving their cloth for their ethnic attires. They also make sheets, thin towels, dress material, carpets and carrying bags.

Realizing that the traditional art is being forgotten, Smriti Rekha Chakma, a tribal woman of Tripura is doing her best to bring the art to limelight again.

She had learn the art of making Chakma dress from her grandmother. She had set up a small training centre in the backyard of her home to teach others the indigenous method of making cloth using loin loom.

“I found that gradually the art of indigenous Chakma way of dress making is getting lost so I took the initiative to preserve it. I am giving training to those who are interested in learning the ethnic way of making our dress like….,khadi . And for this I was selected for the National Award for Excellence in Shawl weaving,” said Smriti Rekha.

Loin loom weaving among Chakma is called ‘Bein’ and weaving practice is known as ‘Bon-kada’.

Smriti Rekha wants to spread the rich heritage of ethnic Chakma textiles among the new generation. Today women of all age groups are coming to her centre to learn the art. Not only youth but even aged women who could not learn the art earlier due to lack of a trainer and training centre come to the centre.

“When I came to know about this training centre I contacted them and joined here. Now I am learning and am hopeful that after completion I shall be able to earn enough to be financially stable,” said Rani Chakma, a Trainee.

Today her woven cloth is in great demand and particularly during the festive and marriage season the price goes up.

Smiriti’s effort is not only to save the ethnic art but also to give employment to many. By Pinaki Das (ANI)

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17 die in Jalaun boat mishap, rescue mission continues

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

SEVENTEEN BODIES of devotees who had drowned after their boat capsized in Yamuna at Beejalpur Ghat have been fished out during rescue operations, till Sunday evening in Jalaun district. Over 24 hours have passed but the operation has not concluded as the bodies of nearly 20 other devotees are yet to be fished out.

There were over 60 devotees when the boat capsized on Saturday. As many as 17 devotees managed to swim ashore safely while private divers and locals rescued eight others.

The incident occurred when devotees were returning from the ancient Jalauni Mata Temple. Rescue operations were on till Sunday night and thousands of people had gathered at the site to witness those at work.

Nine family members of head constable Mahendra Singh Senger, who is posted at Kudaura police station in Jalaun, died in the incident. Inspector General of Police (Kanpur range) Bhanu Pratap Singh visited the spot and tried to pacify the mob, which was angry at the “irresponsible behaviour” of cops of Auraiyya and Jalaun.

The cops had reportedly shirked taking responsibility on the pretext that the area did not fall under their jurisdiction. IG Singh assured the enraged people that an inquiry would be initiated.

After the boat capsized in Yamuna, villagers, who witnessed the incident, jumped into the river and made efforts to rescue those in the boat. Officials also summoned the divers of Farukkabad Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), police divers of Etawah, Auraiyya and Jalaun to assist the ongoing operation to fish out the bodies.

SP Auraiyya Nachiketa Jha said as many as 35 persons were missing.
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‘Khadi’ becoming less popular in Gujarat

March 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Ahmedabad, March 30 (ANI): Handspun cotton popularly known as ‘Khadi’ is becoming less popular among political parities in Gujarat.

Khadi had emblematic status during India’s freedom struggle. Gujarat is one of the hubs of Khadi outlets in the country.

With the coming of the elections, the shopkeepers believe that that election would make up for their declining trade which has been already affected by the economic slowdown.

The shop owners are claim that as compared to previous years this time the business has gone down by 10 to 15 percent.

“As it happens normally that with the coming of election, the sale of the Khadi rises. But nothing of that sort is happening in my three shops. No politicians come here to buy Khadi, if they come the sale will be good. Last year, we sold for 14 lakhs but this time it has come down to 11 lakhs. In the Gandhi road shop, the sale of the Khadi was eight lakh in the previous year, this year the sale has gone down at five lakhs, ” said Jayantibhai Shah, managing trustee of Khadi Mandir.

One of the customers said that the price and the simplicity of the style also played a role in Khadi losing its popularity.

“The sale is not picking up as Khadi is little costlier. And there is no politician to promote Khadi. More than that, the style that we get in Khadi material is simple, not stylish enough to attract. That is why people avoid Khadi,” said Sudhir Shah, a customer.

In 2007 the Khadi sale was worth Rs. 2.85 crore which has come down to Rs. 2.55crore in 2008. By Uday Adhavayu (ANI)

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Indian designs popular at Lakme Fashion Week

March 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, Mar 28 (ANI): Fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee showcased his Fall/Winter 09 collection at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week here last evening.

Sabyasachi’s collection was like a storm of Indian traditional designs. His collection included the Khadi saris and salwar kameez with a tribal touch.

The show comprised beauty of India and its textiles. Sabyasachi’s silhouettes were a mixture of contemporary with the rustic textiles.

“I am concentrating more on textiles of India because there is so much that you can do here. My dream is to set up a cooperative of textiles especially with weavers. I travelled through all the tribal regions of India like Kotpat in Orissa, Kastakad in Andhra Pradesh and Bagru in Rajasthan. I just brought together collections and wanted to do a collection in Khadi, which was ageing, which are contemporary young Indian women’s wear,” said Sabhyasachi.

Bollywood Actress Vidya Balan also came to watch the show and found the collections perfect for Indian women.

“The way Sabyasachi dresses up an Indian woman with his clothes, I think very few are able to do it. There is no element, which is really screaming out,” said Vidya Balan.

Lakme Fashion Week will be held till March 31.

Lakme Fashion Week has received in all 189 applications – 88 for gen next and 44 for emerging fashion designers from 20 cities across the country. (ANI)

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Ministry of Panchayati Raj, KVIC sign MoC to work towards rural business hubs

February 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Feb 26 (ANI): Panchayat Raj Minister Mani Shanker Aiyar today said that the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and KVIC have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to work jointly towards the Rural Business Hubs (RBH) in rural areas by converging Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) and other schemes of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).

Informing the Rajya Sabha in a written reply, Aiyar said, “It is expected that such joint working will help generate employment as well as higher and sustained income for rural producers through better marketing and convergence of schemes of KVIC with Panchayats. Joint working arrangement will be operational for a period of three years from the date of signing of the MoC.”

Under the MoC, Panchayats can propose viable projects under the PMEGP scheme of KVIC, which will be placed before the district level task force in which there will be three members representing Panchayats.

“Though this arrangement is operational in all PMEGP districts, special attention will be given in RBH focus districts. Phulbani and Koraput and Ranchi and Deoghar are the RBH focus districts in Orissa and Jharkhand respectively,” he added.

The Minister said KVIC has supported 118 clusters under their Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) scheme.

“Under the MoC, it is proposed to extend marketing linkages to these clusters. Beekeeping cluster, Chamoli (Uttrakhand), Bamboo cluster, Kalpetta (Kerala) and Bamboo cluster, Mizoram have been identified as pilot clusters for such intervention,” he said. (ANI)

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Rajkot’s Paridhan Utsav 2009 promotes Khadi

February 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Rajkot, Feb. 4 (ANI): To promote Khadi among the youth, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) along with the Friends’ group organized a fashion show on Monday that displayed unique creations from the traditional hand-spun fabric.

The function Paridhan Utsav 2009 witnessed some special designer collection for kids, men and women designed by Rajkot based designers.

“I have done a lot of fashion shows but this show is quiet different as Khadi garments are being displayed here and the designs are very good,” said Jimmy Nanda who won Mrs. India crown in 2007.

The show also saw Kumudben Joshi, chairperson of KVIC, walking down the ramp to promote the Khadi apparels.

“We are giving them (sales counters) their due look, new business management, new market system, we want to tap the markets in a big way so KVIC has planned a programme to build a Khadi plaza,” said Kumudben Joshi.

Used by Mahatma Gandhi against the British rule, khadi gained popularity as a symbol of simplicity and austerity.

A growing number of youngsters beyond politicians have started to wear Khadi garments to make their personal fashion statement.

Besides, the fashion glitterati are waking up to the new style quotient what the lightweight fabric offers.

The versatile Indian fabric is natural and handspun and hand woven from excellent fibers of cotton, silk and wool or a combination of at least two fibers. (ANI)

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‘Khadi’ catches imagination of budding designers

January 20, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

Rajkot, Jan 20 (ANI): Taking cue from the latest trends of going ‘green’ budding designers in Gujarat used ‘Khadi’, an eco-friendly handspun fabric for their latest creations.

The students of fashion designing said that Khadi wears brought full circle to the days immediately preceding independence when Mahatma Gandhi had called Khadi soul of nation.

The creations by these students are to be showcased during a fashion show scheduled to coincide with the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

“People use various fabrics for their clothes, but Khadi has not been experimented with that much as yet. There are hundreds of varieties of khadi available, so we thought that we could make dresses like capri and saree. Our designs have turned out to be innovative,” said Riddhi, a fashion-designing student.

Khadi, a versatile fabric, is natural and handspun and hand woven from excellent fibres of cotton, silk and wool or a combination of at least two fibers. With the youth increasingly taking to Khadi, those who have always endorsed the fabric feel vindicated.

“We want that Khadi should be presented to the nation in a new manner. The young generation should be acquainted with the fabric. We are happy that the friends group in the city has come forward to promote Khadi. We are supporting them and these people have organised a fashion show on January 30,” said Devendra Bhai Desai, a man at a Khadi clothes shop.

‘Khadi’, was symbol of non-violent opposition to the British colonial rule. It soon became a household creation following his clarion call during freedom struggle. (ANI)

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