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Looming Hopes with Power: Interrogating the Question of Sustainability of the Weaving Sector in Shantipur, West Bengal

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  • Amit Kundu

    (North-Eastern Hill University)

  • Prithwiraj Saha

    (Techno India Group)

  • Rabindranath Roy

    (The West Bengal State Handloom Weavers’ Co-Operative Society Ltd. (A Govt. of West Bengal Enterprise))

Abstract

This paper seeks to intervene into the prevailing debate of human–machine conflict within the sector of weaving in Shantipur, West Bengal, trying to open up the possibilities for a sustainable managerial model of technological operation with the help of case of a recent Government initiative by the Ministry of Textiles, under the Govt. of West Bengal. In that process, it digs deep into the debate between Gandhi and Tagore around technology and machines, to foreground a Tagorite Theory of Management of Technology in the context of the Weaving industry of Shantipur. With the help of two primary case studies, the paper illustrates through the lens of Tagore, how with proper management from the Government, Technological innovations can pave way for sustainable possibilities for positive transformation. In that line, the paper dares to call itself a contribution to the Indian Knowledge system around technology following Rabindranath Tagore, moving beyond the orientalist underpinnings of the Discourse.

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  • Amit Kundu & Prithwiraj Saha & Rabindranath Roy, 2025. "Looming Hopes with Power: Interrogating the Question of Sustainability of the Weaving Sector in Shantipur, West Bengal," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics,, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-981-96-8582-0_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-8582-0_19
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