From being Manchester of Kerala to fighting for survival: Kannur’s handloom sector seeks a future beyond nostalgia

The assemblage is battling delayed wages, mounting fiscal losses, dwindling workers, shrinking cooperative societies, and the relentless march of powerfulness looms. Kerala, which erstwhile had astir 25,000-30,000 handloom workers, present has lone astir 18,000, portion the fig of cooperative societies has fallen from astir 600 to astir 450