The APCO Cooperative That Has Been Selling Handlooms Since 1953 — and Just Went Online
In the weaving hamlet of Mangalagiri, about 30 kilometres from Vijayawada, a 58-year-old weaver named Suresh spends nine hours a day on a pit loom producing cotton sarees with the distinctive nizam border his family has woven for three generations. He earns approximately ₹8,000 per month — and until last year, his only reliable buyer … Read more
