Verve

Anakapathur, located in Kancheepuram district, is where we are travelling to. This town was once famous for its weaving and handloom textile.  A twenty minute journey in bus from Chennai Airport brings you to the Anakapathur bus depot. We waited for Mr. C. Sekhar, President of Anakapathur Weaver’s Association, at the depot wondering how the weaving centre is going to look like and if we could meet some of the women weavers at mid noon. For the past few years this association has hit the newspapers and local channels for its textile made out of organic fabre. Mr. Sekhar, a very humble man in the most ordinary fashion came on a cycle to usher us to this weaving place. A five minute walk and we reached Sekhar’s home; right opposite to his home is a cottage where weaving takes place in two shifts starting from morning till evening. A very congested building containing four to five pits where the woman stands in and weaves the fabric on the handset loom. “It’s been 15 years sinc...