Crafting a Future - Stories of Indian Textiles and Sustainable Practices
Author: Archana Shah
Publisher: Niyogi Books
ISBN: 978-93-91125-22-6
 
'Handloom Trae the warp and weft of the Indian subcontinent. Our culture, aesthetics and economy are rooted in its threads. Handloom weavers form the major part of our handicraft sector, which is the second largest sector of our economy....
India could once again, as in the 17th century, clothe the world. Five million yards of cloth was dispatched annually from just one port in Coromandel, and India grew fabulously rich on the proceeds.... 
Archana's Crafting a Future directs us to this great potenntia. I urge that we see it as a roadmap, not an elegy, and view handloom textiles not as a part of the past, but a central part of our future.' 
- Laila Tyabji