Sruthi Macherla is twenty-six, has an engineering degree from JNTU Hyderabad, and weaves ikat saris on a four-pedal pit loom.
She learned anyway. The loom is in the same room it has been in for forty years.
My father said the loom was not for educated girls. I said the loom does not know that.
Kavya Nellore
Field reporter for SouthPulse, covering culture from Telangana. Focuses on ground-level accountability and community-led governance.