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I read an article about the handloom industry in the below link: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Kalpana_Sharma/article1471429.ece?homepage=trueAs a result, I am brooding over the following  : 1. I many times have objected the idea of buying silk/leather things because it involves killing of silk worms/animals. So, am I also contributing to the poor state of the silkloom industry? 2. Everybody is happy with a lot of money. Handloom industry as such does not provide a lavish life. So, the decision to quit handloom industry and pursue a wealthier job (usual choice here is s/w industry), is it fair? 3. Usually, the exotic hand woven saris are costlier in the market. We do not always want to spend on costlier stuff. If we do not buy, the market goes down and handloom industry suffers. How do we balance this? How do we help the artists, behind the beautiful hand works, get what they deserve? With preference always for stable, wealthy life, how do we encourage artists, who have always defined our tradition? 
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It is sad but true...
I belong to a saree wearing family. I also belong to an organization where ladies are asked to wear sarees on most of the occassions. I prefer these classic weaves over modern georgettes and chiffons for formal evenings, in all seasons. But there is a kind of peer pressure which compels me to wear light chiffons and similar fabrics on summer evenings. I have a good collection of silks from across India, and I believe all my accompanying ladies have loads of silk sarees hidden in their closets too, theirs rarely comes out and I feel overdressed too often. On some events, where we are allowed to dress as we prefer, if I tie a saree, ladies will be shocked..'oh, you could wear anything! why did you trouble yourself!!??
I often meet ladies who do not even know how to wear a saree, and give an impression as if it is highly fashionable to not to know. All the modernisation has caused much harm to saree . Though women in small places still wear sarees in routine and as office wear, spotting a lady in a good (or even bad for that matter) saree is extremely rare in metro cities. Saree itself is in the endangered list, let alone classic weaves.
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I had heard it somewhere: A saree can be the most erotic dress. It conceals something, it reveals something.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. ~ Swami Vivekanand
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 Sri, I do not know where that is coming from, but nothing looks greater than a saree on Indian women's body type, this I know for sure.
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I agree with you, Gunjika. I, too, admire sarees a lot.
To OP, I also feel disappointed to see the declining phase of handloom industry, but we can't help it. With increasing demand of factory-manufactured goods and rising prices of handmade products, such industries are going to vanish. Industrialization has eaten up the traditional manufacturers. These may remain live in a few remote corners or special government-aided programs, but you can not expect them on a vast scale.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. ~ Swami Vivekanand
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