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2nd Nat’l Handloom Day: Weavers in Modi’s Varanasi Have ‘Bure Din’

A year later Modi announced handloom day, many weavers in his Varanasi constituency are taking up odd jobs to live.

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Last year, Narendra Modi inaugurated the 1st National Handloom Day on 7 August. But has it helped in changing the ground reality? The Quint finds out the plight of handloom weavers and traders in Modi’s own constituency of Varanasi a year later and the truth is a bitter pill to swallow.

Inputs: Roshan Jaiswal

Video Editor: Prashant Bhardwaj

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