The new India is home to smooth highways and shiny high-rises, all the accouterments of the developed world. But millions of craftsmen, manual laborers and rural workers are being left out of the economic boom. …Few professions in South Asia were as esteemed as that of the sari weaver — part artist, part craftsman. …But today, the decline of the sari industry has had tragic consequences. (Washington Post, Wednesday)
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