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Three types of looms are described namely handlooms, non-automatic power looms and automatic shuttle looms.
Chapter 4 1983
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He's also criticized for bringing in powerloom fabrics, where John was fanatical about handlooms, of replacing cotton thread for stitching with polyester thread, of combining plastic shower curtains with ethnic home furnishings, but most of all for growing Fabindia too fast.
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Before the invention of steam or steam-driven looms, three thousand years before, I had rotted in prison in old Babylon; and, trust me, I speak the truth when I say that in that ancient day we prisoners wove more efficiently on handlooms than did the prisoners in the steam-powered loom rooms of San Quentin.
Chapter 2 2010
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Alas, thanks to improvements in artificial lighting, free-running sleep long ago went the way of handlooms.
Shining a light on the way artificial light has changed our lives Joshua Glenn 2010
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They began as small-time entrepreneurs, setting up minor factories or sometimes working in their homes with handlooms, putting in long hours and grinding out a living.
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She will also give away 3 prizes each in the category of crafts and handlooms titled as Kala Mani, Kala Nidhi and Kala Giri.
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She will also give away 3 prizes each in the category of crafts and handlooms titled as Kala Mani, Kala Nidhi and Kala Giri.
National Festival -To built understanding between various Cultural groups of India 2009
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They constitute 30 per cent of total Indian exports but most of the workforce in handlooms, textiles, wearing apparel, leather products, gems and jewelery, metal products, carpets, and various types of agricultural products such as spices, and marine fishery.
Pinaki Bhattacharya: Indian Growth Story: Striking Paradoxes 2009
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Once we woke up to the sounds of the buzzing handlooms.
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Mohammad Abdul Aziz, another handloom owner, manages the operations of 50 handlooms, jointly owned by him and his family.
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