Occupational health hazards among yarn dyeing workers of Santipur and Phulia in the Nadia district of West Bengal

Biswas, Gourab; Bhattacharya, Abhishek; Bhattacharya, Rabi

doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2018.0721515022018

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“…Designs are obtained from the master weaver or trader and incorporated into the weaving. Dying is an important and back-breaking step in the HL industry (Biswas et al, 2018). An interesting question is to what extent the authenticity of an HL product is lost if vegetable dyes (which are difficult to store) are replaced with chemical dyes.…”

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Capitalist Progress and Moral Economy: Sustaining Employment in India’s Handloom Sector

D’Costa

2021

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Capitalist progress implies the destruction of the old and uncompetitive sectors and the creation of new ones in their wake. However, in the Global South the loss of jobs in the older sectors is not necessarily offset by the new forms of employment. The objective of this paper is to critically examine how the vast employment in the Indian handloom sector could be sustained, given the competitive pressures from alternative technologies and products. Rather than allow the sector to be a victim of capitalist progress, this paper on moral economy grounds offers an alternative approach, which is to boost the demand for handloom products through commercial branding but one that is rooted in cultural valorization of artisanal craft. This strategy, complementary to state provisioning of subsidized inputs, comes at the expense of authenticity but is expected to enhance consumption and sustain livelihoods in the handloom sector.

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Capitalist Progress and Moral Economy: Sustaining Employment in India’s Handloom Sector

D’Costa

2021

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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“…Lifting heavy materials, holing those in position, bringing materials down, pulling and pushing textile materials are their usual duties, cause pain in different parts of body known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) [67,83,84]. Biswas, et al [85] conducted a study on yarn-dyeing workers where they applied Ovako Working Posture Analysis System (OWAS) and found that workers experienced pain in shoulder, neck and lower back because of maintaining awkward postures during work.…”

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Sustainability Assessment of Cotton-Based Textile Wet Processing

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The textile and fashion industries account for a significant part of global business. Textile wet processing (TWP) is a crucial stage in textile manufacturing. It imparts aesthetics as well as functional appeal on the textile fabric and ultimate products. Nevertheless, it is considered as one of the most polluting industries and threatens sustainability. There have been different approaches to transform this polluting industry to a sustainable industry. Many researchers have found this challenging, as sustainable, eco-friendly, green or cleaner wet processing might not be always applicable and relevant from the perspective of industrial applications. The present work helps us understand the current state of research of cotton-based textile processes including proposed sustainable approaches. It also examines the achievement of the degree of sustainability of those proposed processes with the lens of the triple bottom line (TBL) framework, identifies existing limitations, and suggests future research scopes that might pave ways for young researchers to learn and undertake new experimental and theoretical research.

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Ergonomic interventions in Kalamkari block printing: addressing challenges and preserving tradition

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Amsamani

2024

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Occupational health hazards among yarn dyeing workers of Santipur and Phulia in the Nadia district of West Bengal

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Capitalist Progress and Moral Economy: Sustaining Employment in India’s Handloom Sector

Capitalist Progress and Moral Economy: Sustaining Employment in India’s Handloom Sector

Sustainability Assessment of Cotton-Based Textile Wet Processing

Ergonomic interventions in Kalamkari block printing: addressing challenges and preserving tradition

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