The Journal
Writing about cloth, by people who have handled a great deal of it.
Not a content strategy. A record of what we learn while buying, checking and living with these sarees — the workshops, the arguments about terminology, the things that go wrong.
Knowledge14 min
How to tell a handloom from a power-loom, with the saree in your hands
Nobody needs a certificate to answer this. The evidence is in the selvedge, the reverse, and the way the border meets the body — and most of it can be read in under a minute.
By The Aishvika desk · 2026-08-09
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Knowledge Centre
Shorter answers, kept up to date.
The Journal is where we think out loud. The Knowledge Centre is where the settled answers live.