Laila Tyabji recounts Dastkar's 45-year journey reviving India's handloom heritage

India is a big country where different places grow different things - silk, cotton, wool and other yarns.

For a very long time, local people have used these yarns to weave special fabrics, saris and shawls.

A lady named Laila Tyabji worked with an organization called Dastkar to help these weavers.

Dastkar has been doing this for 45 years.

They helped bring back old weaving styles that people had almost forgotten.

They also helped more than 500 women in Bihar who had been forced to work without pay for many years.

A writer named Gita Mehta gave money from her book to help pay the women's debts.

The women learned to weave, and their saris became very popular.

Famous people like Sonia Gandhi and Shabana Azmi wore them.

Thanks to groups like Dastkar, India's beautiful handwoven clothes are loved all over the world.