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&lt;em&gt;Despite the slow decline of the renowned handlooms of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, Shankara Dhanunjaya tried to work hard and prosper. But in 2016, at the age of 35, debts, crumbling dreams and crushing policy changes drove him to suicide&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/em&gt;All the handloom halls&lt;br /&gt;
Into mortuary rooms&lt;br /&gt;
Being metamorphosed&lt;br /&gt;
That inexplicable sorrow!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(From &amp;lsquo;Maggam bathuku&amp;rsquo; an epic poem by Dr. U. Radheya, who is from a family of weavers; translated by Dr. P. Ramesh Narayana)&lt;br /&gt;
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In another age, Shankara Dhanunjaya&#039;s passion for weaving silk sarees and his mastery of different kinds of handlooms would have won him respect, stature and even a decent living. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But Dhanunjaya was born in 1981, and when he was 18 the handloom industry was already on a slow downward slide. And by the time he was 35 in 2016, growing debts and crumbling dreams amid crippling policy changes drove him to kill himself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dhanunjaya was born in Dharmavaram town of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The town was known for its pattu cheera (silk sarees) even during the 19th century. It attracted migrants who came to settle here as weavers. Among them were Dhanunjaya&amp;rsquo;s parents, Shankara Venkatappa and Shankara Venkatalakshmi, who&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; quit agricultural labour in Marala village of Anantapur and moved to Dharmavaram. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Dhanunjaya&amp;rsquo;s childhood, weaving was one of the most sought-after occupations. &amp;ldquo;Weavers would be asked to sit in the front row during all the functions and festivals,&amp;rdquo; Pola Ramanjaneyulu, a weaver from Dharmavaram, recalls. Ramanjaneyulu, 64, is the president of the Andhra Pradesh Chenetha Karmika Sangham, a weavers&amp;rsquo; association. &amp;ldquo;People from all the other castes respected us because we taught weaving to everyone.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
With the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act&amp;nbsp; of 1985, the restrictions over the industrial production of clothes were lifted, while reserving certain products. But this too was slowly diluted, and the list of 22 handloom products protected under this Act had shrunk to 11 by the 1990s. Handlooms moved to the Ministry of Textiles, which also managed powerlooms and textile mills. Instead of a policy that prioritised handlooms, the ministry started seeing the sector on a par with powerlooms.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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Being metamorphosed&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(From &amp;lsquo;Maggam bathuku&amp;rsquo; an epic poem by Dr. U. Radheya, who is from a family of weavers; translated by Dr. P. Ramesh Narayana)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Dhanunjaya was born in Dharmavaram town of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The town was known for its pattu cheera (silk sarees) even during the 19th century. It attracted migrants who came to settle here as weavers. Among them were Dhanunjaya&amp;rsquo;s parents, Shankara Venkatappa and Shankara Venkatalakshmi, who&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; quit agricultural labour in Marala village of Anantapur and moved to Dharmavaram. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Dhanunjaya&amp;rsquo;s childhood, weaving was one of the most sought-after occupations. &amp;ldquo;Weavers would be asked to sit in the front row during all the functions and festivals,&amp;rdquo; Pola Ramanjaneyulu, a weaver from Dharmavaram, recalls. Ramanjaneyulu, 64, is the president of the Andhra Pradesh Chenetha Karmika Sangham, a weavers&amp;rsquo; association. &amp;ldquo;People from all the other castes respected us because we taught weaving to everyone.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
In an article, titled &amp;lsquo;1985 textile policy &amp;ndash; end of handloom industry&amp;rsquo; published in the Economic and Political Weekly in 1985, L.C. Jain, former member of the Planning Commission, wrote: &amp;ldquo;They [the powerloom and mill lobbies] have hailed these [changes in policies] as a harbinger of &amp;lsquo;hope&amp;rsquo; and a &amp;lsquo;bold&amp;rsquo; departure from the past. It did require some boldness, if that is the virtue we are seeking, to have reversed the textile policy rooted not only in freedom struggle and nurtured by Gandhiji and Rajaji, but also rooted in India&amp;rsquo;s socio-economic realities as recognised by the successive Five-Year Plans in the past.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/without-khadi-i-am-not-there/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Despite the slow decline of the renowned handlooms of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, Shankara Dhanunjaya tried to work hard and prosper. But in 2016, at the age of 35, debts, crumbling dreams and crushing policy changes drove him to suicide&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/em&gt;All the handloom halls&lt;br /&gt;
Into mortuary rooms&lt;br /&gt;
Being metamorphosed&lt;br /&gt;
That inexplicable sorrow!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(From &amp;lsquo;Maggam bathuku&amp;rsquo; an epic poem by Dr. U. Radheya, who is from a family of weavers; translated by Dr. P. Ramesh Narayana)&lt;br /&gt;
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In another age, Shankara Dhanunjaya&#039;s passion for weaving silk sarees and his mastery of different kinds of handlooms would have won him respect, stature and even a decent living. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But Dhanunjaya was born in 1981, and when he was 18 the handloom industry was already on a slow downward slide. And by the time he was 35 in 2016, growing debts and crumbling dreams amid crippling policy changes drove him to kill himself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dhanunjaya was born in Dharmavaram town of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The town was known for its pattu cheera (silk sarees) even during the 19th century. It attracted migrants who came to settle here as weavers. Among them were Dhanunjaya&amp;rsquo;s parents, Shankara Venkatappa and Shankara Venkatalakshmi, who&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; quit agricultural labour in Marala village of Anantapur and moved to Dharmavaram. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Dhanunjaya&amp;rsquo;s childhood, weaving was one of the most sought-after occupations. &amp;ldquo;Weavers would be asked to sit in the front row during all the functions and festivals,&amp;rdquo; Pola Ramanjaneyulu, a weaver from Dharmavaram, recalls. Ramanjaneyulu, 64, is the president of the Andhra Pradesh Chenetha Karmika Sangham, a weavers&amp;rsquo; association. &amp;ldquo;People from all the other castes respected us because we taught weaving to everyone.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Weavers were regarded as artists, and formal schooling was secondary. &amp;quot;There was no question of studying,&amp;rdquo; says Gaddam Chowdamma, Dhanunjaya&amp;rsquo;s mother-in-law, a retired weaver. &amp;ldquo;We used to study very little. Just enough to learn to procure silk for the handloom or to be able to help the master-weaver with the accounts.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dhanunjaya dropped out of school during Class 7 to learn weaving. With a natural talent for the craft, he was a fast learner.&amp;nbsp; But by then the handloom sector had been in decline for a decade.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Till the early 1980s, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce looked after handlooms as a separate and priority sector. Strict laws applied, and powerlooms were heavily regulated. Many in the government recognised that the handloom industry helped address a significant portion of unemployment in independent India. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act&amp;nbsp; of 1985, the restrictions over the industrial production of clothes were lifted, while reserving certain products. But this too was slowly diluted, and the list of 22 handloom products protected under this Act had shrunk to 11 by the 1990s. Handlooms moved to the Ministry of Textiles, which also managed powerlooms and textile mills. Instead of a policy that prioritised handlooms, the ministry started seeing the sector on a par with powerlooms.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In an article, titled &amp;lsquo;1985 textile policy &amp;ndash; end of handloom industry&amp;rsquo; published in the Economic and Political Weekly in 1985, L.C. Jain, former member of the Planning Commission, wrote: &amp;ldquo;They [the powerloom and mill lobbies] have hailed these [changes in policies] as a harbinger of &amp;lsquo;hope&amp;rsquo; and a &amp;lsquo;bold&amp;rsquo; departure from the past. It did require some boldness, if that is the virtue we are seeking, to have reversed the textile policy rooted not only in freedom struggle and nurtured by Gandhiji and Rajaji, but also rooted in India&amp;rsquo;s socio-economic realities as recognised by the successive Five-Year Plans in the past.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/without-khadi-i-am-not-there/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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<em>Despite the slow decline of the renowned handlooms of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, Shankara Dhanunjaya tried to work hard and prosper. But in 2016, at the age of 35, debts, crumbling dreams and crushing policy changes drove him to suicide<br />
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	'disp' => '<div align="justify">-RuralIndiaOnline.org<br /><br /><em>Despite the slow decline of the renowned handlooms of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, Shankara Dhanunjaya tried to work hard and prosper. But in 2016, at the age of 35, debts, crumbling dreams and crushing policy changes drove him to suicide<br /><br /></em>All the handloom halls<br />Into mortuary rooms<br />Being metamorphosed<br />That inexplicable sorrow!<br /><br /><em>(From &lsquo;Maggam bathuku&rsquo; an epic poem by Dr. U. Radheya, who is from a family of weavers; translated by Dr. P. Ramesh Narayana)<br /></em><br />In another age, Shankara Dhanunjaya's passion for weaving silk sarees and his mastery of different kinds of handlooms would have won him respect, stature and even a decent living. <br /><br />But Dhanunjaya was born in 1981, and when he was 18 the handloom industry was already on a slow downward slide. And by the time he was 35 in 2016, growing debts and crumbling dreams amid crippling policy changes drove him to kill himself.<br /><br />Dhanunjaya was born in Dharmavaram town of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The town was known for its pattu cheera (silk sarees) even during the 19th century. It attracted migrants who came to settle here as weavers. Among them were Dhanunjaya&rsquo;s parents, Shankara Venkatappa and Shankara Venkatalakshmi, who&nbsp;&nbsp; quit agricultural labour in Marala village of Anantapur and moved to Dharmavaram. <br /><br />In Dhanunjaya&rsquo;s childhood, weaving was one of the most sought-after occupations. &ldquo;Weavers would be asked to sit in the front row during all the functions and festivals,&rdquo; Pola Ramanjaneyulu, a weaver from Dharmavaram, recalls. Ramanjaneyulu, 64, is the president of the Andhra Pradesh Chenetha Karmika Sangham, a weavers&rsquo; association. &ldquo;People from all the other castes respected us because we taught weaving to everyone.&rdquo;<br /><br />Weavers were regarded as artists, and formal schooling was secondary. &quot;There was no question of studying,&rdquo; says Gaddam Chowdamma, Dhanunjaya&rsquo;s mother-in-law, a retired weaver. &ldquo;We used to study very little. Just enough to learn to procure silk for the handloom or to be able to help the master-weaver with the accounts.&rdquo;<br /><br />Dhanunjaya dropped out of school during Class 7 to learn weaving. With a natural talent for the craft, he was a fast learner.&nbsp; But by then the handloom sector had been in decline for a decade.<br /><br />Till the early 1980s, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce looked after handlooms as a separate and priority sector. Strict laws applied, and powerlooms were heavily regulated. Many in the government recognised that the handloom industry helped address a significant portion of unemployment in independent India. &nbsp;<br /><br />With the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act&nbsp; of 1985, the restrictions over the industrial production of clothes were lifted, while reserving certain products. But this too was slowly diluted, and the list of 22 handloom products protected under this Act had shrunk to 11 by the 1990s. Handlooms moved to the Ministry of Textiles, which also managed powerlooms and textile mills. Instead of a policy that prioritised handlooms, the ministry started seeing the sector on a par with powerlooms.<br /><br />In an article, titled &lsquo;1985 textile policy &ndash; end of handloom industry&rsquo; published in the Economic and Political Weekly in 1985, L.C. Jain, former member of the Planning Commission, wrote: &ldquo;They [the powerloom and mill lobbies] have hailed these [changes in policies] as a harbinger of &lsquo;hope&rsquo; and a &lsquo;bold&rsquo; departure from the past. It did require some boldness, if that is the virtue we are seeking, to have reversed the textile policy rooted not only in freedom struggle and nurtured by Gandhiji and Rajaji, but also rooted in India&rsquo;s socio-economic realities as recognised by the successive Five-Year Plans in the past.&rdquo;<br /><br />Please <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/without-khadi-i-am-not-there/" title="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/without-khadi-i-am-not-there/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>',
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<em>Despite the slow decline of the renowned handlooms of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, Shankara Dhanunjaya tried to work hard and prosper. But in 2016, at the age of 35, debts, crumbling dreams and crushing policy changes drove him to suicide<br />
<br />
</em>All the handloom halls<br />
Into mortuary rooms<br />
Being metamorphosed<br />
That inexplicable sorrow!<br />
<br />
<em>(From &lsquo;Maggam bathuku&rsquo; an epic poem by Dr. U. Radheya, who is from a family of weavers; translated by Dr. P. Ramesh Narayana)<br />
</em><br />
In another age, Shankara Dhanunjaya's passion for weaving silk sarees and his mastery of different kinds of handlooms would have won him respect, stature and even a decent living. <br />
<br />
But Dhanunjaya was born in 1981, and when he was 18 the handloom industry was already on a slow downward slide. And by the time he was 35 in 2016, growing debts and crumbling dreams amid crippling policy changes drove him to kill himself.<br />
<br />
Dhanunjaya was born in Dharmavaram town of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The town was known for its pattu cheera (silk sarees) even during the 19th century. It attracted migrants who came to settle here as weavers. Among them were Dhanunjaya&rsquo;s parents, Shankara Venkatappa and Shankara Venkatalakshmi, who&nbsp;&nbsp; quit agricultural labour in Marala village of Anantapur and moved to Dharmavaram. <br />
<br />
In Dhanunjaya&rsquo;s childhood, weaving was one of the most sought-after occupations. &ldquo;Weavers would be asked to sit in the front row during all the functions and festivals,&rdquo; Pola Ramanjaneyulu, a weaver from Dharmavaram, recalls. Ramanjaneyulu, 64, is the president of the Andhra Pradesh Chenetha Karmika Sangham, a weavers&rsquo; association. &ldquo;People from all the other castes respected us because we taught weaving to everyone.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
Weavers were regarded as artists, and formal schooling was secondary. &quot;There was no question of studying,&rdquo; says Gaddam Chowdamma, Dhanunjaya&rsquo;s mother-in-law, a retired weaver. &ldquo;We used to study very little. Just enough to learn to procure silk for the handloom or to be able to help the master-weaver with the accounts.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
Dhanunjaya dropped out of school during Class 7 to learn weaving. With a natural talent for the craft, he was a fast learner.&nbsp; But by then the handloom sector had been in decline for a decade.<br />
<br />
Till the early 1980s, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce looked after handlooms as a separate and priority sector. Strict laws applied, and powerlooms were heavily regulated. Many in the government recognised that the handloom industry helped address a significant portion of unemployment in independent India. &nbsp;<br />
<br />
With the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act&nbsp; of 1985, the restrictions over the industrial production of clothes were lifted, while reserving certain products. But this too was slowly diluted, and the list of 22 handloom products protected under this Act had shrunk to 11 by the 1990s. Handlooms moved to the Ministry of Textiles, which also managed powerlooms and textile mills. Instead of a policy that prioritised handlooms, the ministry started seeing the sector on a par with powerlooms.<br />
<br />
In an article, titled &lsquo;1985 textile policy &ndash; end of handloom industry&rsquo; published in the Economic and Political Weekly in 1985, L.C. Jain, former member of the Planning Commission, wrote: &ldquo;They [the powerloom and mill lobbies] have hailed these [changes in policies] as a harbinger of &lsquo;hope&rsquo; and a &lsquo;bold&rsquo; departure from the past. It did require some boldness, if that is the virtue we are seeking, to have reversed the textile policy rooted not only in freedom struggle and nurtured by Gandhiji and Rajaji, but also rooted in India&rsquo;s socio-economic realities as recognised by the successive Five-Year Plans in the past.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/without-khadi-i-am-not-there/">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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'Without khadi, I am not there' -Rahul M

-RuralIndiaOnline.org Despite the slow decline of the renowned handlooms of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, Shankara Dhanunjaya tried to work hard and prosper. But in 2016, at the age of 35, debts, crumbling dreams and crushing policy changes drove him to suicide All the handloom halls Into mortuary rooms Being metamorphosed That inexplicable sorrow! (From ‘Maggam bathuku’ an epic poem by Dr. U. Radheya, who is from a family of weavers; translated by Dr. P. Ramesh Narayana) In another age, Shankara Dhanunjaya's passion for weaving silk sarees and his mastery of different kinds of handlooms would have won him respect, stature and even a decent living. But Dhanunjaya was born in 1981, and when he was 18 the handloom industry was already on a slow downward slide. And by the time he was 35 in 2016, growing debts and crumbling dreams amid crippling policy changes drove him to kill himself. Dhanunjaya was born in Dharmavaram town of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. The town was known for its pattu cheera (silk sarees) even during the 19th century. It attracted migrants who came to settle here as weavers. Among them were Dhanunjaya’s parents, Shankara Venkatappa and Shankara Venkatalakshmi, who   quit agricultural labour in Marala village of Anantapur and moved to Dharmavaram. In Dhanunjaya’s childhood, weaving was one of the most sought-after occupations. “Weavers would be asked to sit in the front row during all the functions and festivals,” Pola Ramanjaneyulu, a weaver from Dharmavaram, recalls. Ramanjaneyulu, 64, is the president of the Andhra Pradesh Chenetha Karmika Sangham, a weavers’ association. “People from all the other castes respected us because we taught weaving to everyone.” Weavers were regarded as artists, and formal schooling was secondary. "There was no question of studying,” says Gaddam Chowdamma, Dhanunjaya’s mother-in-law, a retired weaver. “We used to study very little. Just enough to learn to procure silk for the handloom or to be able to help the master-weaver with the accounts.” Dhanunjaya dropped out of school during Class 7 to learn weaving. With a natural talent for the craft, he was a fast learner.  But by then the handloom sector had been in decline for a decade. Till the early 1980s, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce looked after handlooms as a separate and priority sector. Strict laws applied, and powerlooms were heavily regulated. Many in the government recognised that the handloom industry helped address a significant portion of unemployment in independent India.   With the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act  of 1985, the restrictions over the industrial production of clothes were lifted, while reserving certain products. But this too was slowly diluted, and the list of 22 handloom products protected under this Act had shrunk to 11 by the 1990s. Handlooms moved to the Ministry of Textiles, which also managed powerlooms and textile mills. Instead of a policy that prioritised handlooms, the ministry started seeing the sector on a par with powerlooms. In an article, titled ‘1985 textile policy – end of handloom industry’ published in the Economic and Political Weekly in 1985, L.C. Jain, former member of the Planning Commission, wrote: “They [the powerloom and mill lobbies] have hailed these [changes in policies] as a harbinger of ‘hope’ and a ‘bold’ departure from the past. It did require some boldness, if that is the virtue we are seeking, to have reversed the textile policy rooted not only in freedom struggle and nurtured by Gandhiji and Rajaji, but also rooted in India’s socio-economic realities as recognised by the successive Five-Year Plans in the past.” Please click here to read more.