The pattern in a piece of cloth made by machine is as much an object of design as the pattern from cloth produced by a hand loom.
They have paid no dues, done no time, served no apprenticeship of lonely toil on pop's equivalent of the handloom.
Sri Lanka has a vibrant textile industry, with a lot of textile production being done at home on hand looms by women.
On the other hand, handloom is a traditional industry now finding new markets.
Of course a hand loom is a machine, it's just more low-tech.
In the case at hand, a handloom owned by one Rinku Sharma was destroyed in a fire in 2003.
These mills had closed by the 1850's and the handloom had all but vanished.
The workers in the conventional small industries sector such as coir and handloom face an uncertain future thanks to the globalisation policies.
It is considered necessary for that number of people "and the artisan" working with their own tools or handloom."
The Livesey Collection includes a table constructed from his original handloom.
This wonderful place located just off Hosur Road, with its exclusive, hand-woven soft furnishings in pure cotton will transform your attitude towards all things made by handloom.
The way of life changed - as powered weaving was introduced, the putting-out system died and with it, the cottage handloom.
Sally, 59, now heads the Women Weave Charitable Trust with a mission to popularise Indian handloom.
The handloom was still being used, but under supervision of what was called the " Master Weaver ".
Another district that is famed for products using the handloom is Kannur.
The last place where a handloom was used was a certain old-fashioned roadside cottage in Ronnag, above the Curragh Vreeshey.
Meantime traditional businesses, handloom, fishing, small scale industries, are suffering being unable to cope with the highly competitive modern industry.
The other interested party in the fate of handloom is the banya, whose motives are commercially driven and exploitative.
A special discount of 25 per cent is being offered on products made by handloom.
Similarly, we will take all effective measures possible for the rejuvenation of our traditional industries such as coir, cashew, handloom, fisheries, khadi and so on.