Weaves for a living
This is the time of year when we celebrate Indian Handlooms; we are especially glad to bring attention to one of the weaving groups we...
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MESH
- Jun 20
- 3 min
So,What Can I Do?
There are some very clever Instagram posts trying to get people thinking about the causes of environmental degradation. Â This one above...
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MESH
- May 23
- 3 min
About Fair Trade
Ask ChatGPT about Fair Trade and it very nicely tells you this:- Fair trade is a trading partnership aimed at promoting sustainability,...
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MESH
- Apr 12
- 2 min
Autism-some facts
Some years ago I visited Nav Prabuthi Trust (NPT), an Indian organization training and employing men and women with autism. It was an...
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MESH
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Demand Vs Sustainability
We have sold hand-woven cotton tea towels in Europe and N. America for many years.  They are a great utilitarian product and are made to...
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MESH
- Dec 1, 2023
- 2 min
Out and about
We love Christmas in MESH, we have a small tree in the shop which we decorate with balls, bells and stars from Kashmir and this year with...
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MESH
- Nov 8, 2023
- 2 min
Gifting Better
In MESH we have been thinking again about gifting and what we would like to be offering our customers. A consistent thought is how to...
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MESH
- Jan 24, 2023
- 2 min
The Many Lives of a Sari
For the longest time MESH had to do any design work, long distance from the MESH office in Delhi. Covid restirictions prevented us from...
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MESH
- May 7, 2022
- 2 min
Doing Fair trade
As we begin the week running up to World Fair Trade Day on May 14th, I thought to share an example of how we do fair trade in MESH. The...
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MESH
- Mar 8, 2022
- 1 min
Women at Work
MESH was 40 years old last year! We had grand plans to celebrate but the pandemic put paid to that so we have slipped into the 41st year...
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MESH
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Men and Eri Silk Scarves
Recently, when we were recruiting a designer for MESH, I was most interested to see work in the candidates’ portfolios on two subjects;...
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MESH
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
"Wastecoat"
IM Swedish Development Partner wanted to buy some bags that could be used for a campaign they were running and Thomas asked if MESH could...
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MESH
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
So what's a DPO?
Yesterday evening I received a stash of pictures and videos from a disabled people’s organization (DPO) called Divyang Adikar Manch way...
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MESH
- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
Juggling
In India, if you are poor and have a child with disabilities the chances are you will have to face a whole host of disappointments and...
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MESH
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
Poverty and the PAndemic
Anna Mary (right in the picture) lives in Anandagram, a leprosy community in Delhi. She is a member of the Mahila Mandal (Women’s...
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MESH
- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
The Box MAker
I wonder if you have ever seen those lovely painted boxes from Kashmir, and wondered about them. Each one is hand painted, the most...
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MESH
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
Panna Devi is Ill
An Unsettling Preface My colleague Gabriel, had collected the interview with Panna (pictured above) and whilst I brought it together for...
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MESH
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
The Second Wave
Like a Typhoon Take a walk across India with me as we try and share the news we have from the groups that supply handicrafts to MESH. By...
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MESH
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Marvelous magic
The thing with hand-woven cotton in India is that we have been spoilt; we just take it for granted. If you tell a foreigner that this...
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MESH
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
The 5 R's
For the longest time we had a three triangle chart up on the wall in our office saying REUSE, REDUCE AND RECYCLE. I got it, understood...
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