India’s Textile Exports Hit ₹3.16 Lakh Crore. The Weavers Who Powered the Number Are Still Waiting.
The Loom that earns in Dollars but pays in rupees Mohammed Irfan has woven Banarasi silk for 23 years. His loom, in a narrow lane off Varanasi’s Kadipur neighbourhood, produces fabric at a rate that would satisfy any export order. What it does not produce is certainty. The price he receives per metre from the…