CHENNAI: Mahatma Gandhi would have been pleased to present the Ahimsa Sari to his musical muse MS Subbulakhsmi. Mahatma’s Ahimsa theme was once again reinforced in Andhra-based Kusuma Rajaiah’s patent ...

People like silk garments. But they come at a cost - 50,000 silkworms for a sari. Mythily Ramachandran meets Kusuma Rajaiah, whose ahimsa silk initiative has revolutionised the industry. It all ...

Do you know how many silkworms are normally killed to make a silk sari? Kusuma Rajaiah, a 55-year old government officer from India's Andhra Pradesh state, does: "Around 10,000." Mr. Rajaiah estimates ...

It was a request from the then first lady Mrs. Janaki Venkataraman for ‘Ahimsa’ silk that made handloom technologist Kusuma Rajaiah launch his brand of mulberry silk in 1992. By making silk thread ...

One little known voice of compassion comes from Hyderabad, where Kusuma Rajaiah—after years of research—now produces silk without killing the worms. A senior technical officer with APCO (Andhra ...

Kusuma Rajaiah — a handloom technologist with the Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society — is spinning Ahimsa on silk. The fabric, unlike the conventional silk, is spun without ...

People have laughed at him for his attempt to save a few measly worms. But that has not stopped Kusuma Rajaiah, the Hyderabad-based handloom technologist, from working tirelessly to produce “Ahimsa” ...