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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal"Pushpanath Krishnamurthy was born in Bangalore, but his life has been one of movement—across continents, across struggles, across the uneasy borders between power and poverty. An Oxfam veteran and climate activist, he has spent decades walking the landscapes of change, from the sun-hardened fields of South Asia to the uncertain economies of Eastern Europe and the climate-stricken villages of Africa. Now a citizen of Britain, he carries with him the weight of many worlds, but it is in his sacred geographies—South India and Southern Africa—that his spirit lingers, returning always to the Read More...
"Pushpanath Krishnamurthy was born in Bangalore, but his life has been one of movement—across continents, across struggles, across the uneasy borders between power and poverty. An Oxfam veteran and climate activist, he has spent decades walking the landscapes of change, from the sun-hardened fields of South Asia to the uncertain economies of Eastern Europe and the climate-stricken villages of Africa. Now a citizen of Britain, he carries with him the weight of many worlds, but it is in his sacred geographies—South India and Southern Africa—that his spirit lingers, returning always to the people and the land that have shaped him.
His gift is storytelling, not as performance but as testament. In the quiet dignity of a farmer fighting for fair trade, in the resilience of artisans battered by climate change, in the fragile victories of those who refuse to be erased—he finds the stories that make injustice impossible to ignore. And the world listens. From global summits to university halls, from corporate boardrooms to village meetings, his voice is sought not for comfort, but for the unsettling truth it carries. He does not promise easy solutions. He speaks of struggle, of endurance, of a justice that must be fought for, step by step. And still, he walks."
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"The Unreasonable Changemakers: Handcraft, Handloom, and the War for Dignity
Once, the world was woven by hand. Now, in the age of speed and steel, the weavers, carvers, dyers, and dreamers stand at the edge of extinction, clutching their threads like battle lines. But some refuse to vanish. Some, unreasonable as monsoon clouds, as stubborn as ancient looms, fight back—against the machine, against the flood, against the market’s cruel arithmetic.
"The Unreasonable Changemakers: Handcraft, Handloom, and the War for Dignity
Once, the world was woven by hand. Now, in the age of speed and steel, the weavers, carvers, dyers, and dreamers stand at the edge of extinction, clutching their threads like battle lines. But some refuse to vanish. Some, unreasonable as monsoon clouds, as stubborn as ancient looms, fight back—against the machine, against the flood, against the market’s cruel arithmetic.
Through 6,500 kilometers of dust and defiance, Pushpanath Krishnamurthy walks into the heart of India’s craft landscapes, where history is imprinted in indigo, where fingers shape wood into rebellion, where cloth is not just cloth but a declaration of survival. Here are the unreasonable changemakers—Bhupathy, the toy maker who escaped bonded labor to craft futures from wood; the women palm leaf basket makers of Pulicat lagoon whose fingers whisper secrets to the baskets they make; the printers who stir dye like alchemists, refusing to let time erase them.
This is not nostalgia. This is a Ahimsa economy. A pathway for dignity. A vreation for beauty. A new way for slowness in a world addicted to haste. The unreasonable ones do not ask permission. They endure. They resist. They remake the world—thread by thread, step by step, story by story"
"The Unreasonable Changemakers: Handcraft, Handloom, and the War for Dignity
Once, the world was woven by hand. Now, in the age of speed and steel, the weavers, carvers, dyers, and dreamers stand at the edge of extinction, clutching their threads like battle lines. But some refuse to vanish. Some, unreasonable as monsoon clouds, as stubborn as ancient looms, fight back—against the machine, against the flood, against the market’s cruel arithmetic.
"The Unreasonable Changemakers: Handcraft, Handloom, and the War for Dignity
Once, the world was woven by hand. Now, in the age of speed and steel, the weavers, carvers, dyers, and dreamers stand at the edge of extinction, clutching their threads like battle lines. But some refuse to vanish. Some, unreasonable as monsoon clouds, as stubborn as ancient looms, fight back—against the machine, against the flood, against the market’s cruel arithmetic.
Through 6,500 kilometers of dust and defiance, Pushpanath Krishnamurthy walks into the heart of India’s craft landscapes, where history is imprinted in indigo, where fingers shape wood into rebellion, where cloth is not just cloth but a declaration of survival. Here are the unreasonable changemakers—Bhupathy, the toy maker who escaped bonded labor to craft futures from wood; the women palm leaf basket makers of Pulicat lagoon whose fingers whisper secrets to the baskets they make; the printers who stir dye like alchemists, refusing to let time erase them.
This is not nostalgia. This is a Ahimsa economy. A pathway for dignity. A vreation for beauty. A new way for slowness in a world addicted to haste. The unreasonable ones do not ask permission. They endure. They resist. They remake the world—thread by thread, step by step, story by story"
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