My recent article on https://inmathi.com/ dwells on the rise and rise of khadi or khaddar, the Gandhian fabric of India’s independence, and its present footprint as the cloth of designer fabrics launched by Kamal Haasan’s KH House of Khaddar house. You can read that here.
Earlier, I wrote in the same online magazine on the Manjappai campaign of the Tamil Nadu government, taking a close look at what really goes into a genuine ‘yellow bag’. I spoke to the entrepreneurs such as Krishnan Subramanian who is based in Madurai and J. Kughanandam, Gandhi and Sarvodaya-inspired entrepreneur whose venture, Geo Care Products in Chennai, turns many forms of waste into new material. That post on the return of the Manjappai is here: https://inmathi.com/2021/12/25/meendum-manjappai-a-classic-returns/35305/ The present situation is that there are not enough cotton bags available. There is also little public discussion on the way forward, although this initiative was launched with fanfare by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. Meanwhile, plastic use and plastic waste continue to grow as an environmental challenge.
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