Coming in August

1) ECOSENSITIVE GANESHAS
- Available from the 10th of August


Completely natural clay idols handmade without using any chemical substances or paints.
Can be immersed in a bucket of water at home as they dissolve easily and the water can be poured into plants or in a garden. From e-coexist in Pune

To read more on related issues click here
Ganesh Chaturthi and the environment

2) HANDLOOM SILK SARIS FROM MASTER CRAFTSMEN OF KANCHIVARAM AND RASIPURAM
-August 20 - 25

Silk saris in delicate cut work in resplendent hues worked up with embellishments that create a wavy pattern.
Ethnic block prints, warli, madhubani paintings in simple pattu silk and cotton.

3) BAGS FROM
- 27th of August onwards

launching the Whitewater brand - a wide collection: casual day bags, elegant evening bags, laptop bags and sleeves, all created out of handloom textiles - mashru, kalamkari, mangalagiri cotton and khadi.

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Khadi in natural dyes
Zari Border Mangalgiri Dupattas
Missing thread dupattas without borders
Hand Block Printed (pigment colors) from Sanganeer, Rajasthan
Hand Block Printed (natural colors) from Bhuj, Gujurat
Mud Resist (dabu) Hand Block Printed(natural/chemical colors) from Kaladera, Rajasthan
Crushed dupattas in various colors
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Kanchipuram Pattu Sarees

Kanchipuram Pattu sarees from Vasanthi Kalyansundar’s Sri Sai Creations, Chennai

• July 23 – 28, 2009

- Silk and silk-cotton handloom sarees with traditional motifs like the peacock, hamsam, rudraksham and the classic gold temple borders.
- Saris in vibrant oranges, midnight blues, toned oranges and mehendi greens.
- A collection that integrates block printing and handloom weaving

Composting kitchen waste...

Special demonstrations at dāram...

To convert kitchen waste to wealth and to help keep the city clean

dāram presents a weekend exhibition of terracotta composters for composting wet waste at home.

The composters are brought to Hyderabad by ‘Wastes-Away’ in association with Bangalore based ‘Daily Dump’ that has pioneered these hand crafted composters. Daily Dump helps you manage your household waste and convert it to useful high-quality compost. The Daily Dump products are designed to ensure that you compost at home, conveniently and hygienically.

Demonstrations on the use of these terracotta composters will be held
On
18th & 19th July 2009
and
25th & 26th July 2009

at
dāram, Naik Estate, ICICI Bank Lane, Beside Airport Lane,
Begumpet, Hyderabad – 500016
Tel: +91 40 27765503. Fax: +91 40 27892905.

Timing
3pm to 8pm

Email: daaram.da@gmail.com,
Website: http://daaram.blogspot.com

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THE GARBAGE PROBLEM IN INDIAN CITIES

Big Indian cities produce 3000 tonnes of waste everyday at the least. Most of this reaches dumps that are illegal. Till our cities get a planned and efficient waste management programme, this situation is likely to continue and even get worse as the population increases and we consume even more.
Individual citizens can help by reducing their individual garbage footprint - by reducing the garbage they generate and in other cases by re-cycling waste. One excellent way of dealing with wet, organic waste like that from the kitchen is to compost it. Waste like this, actually does not need to travel because it contains 60% water. The municipal department thus ends up spending fuel, cartage and labour transporting water!!
Daily Dump allows citizens to help manage this wet waste at home itself, to convert it to useful manure and at the same time reduce the burden on the city’s civic infrastructure.

Website: www.dailydump.org
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Wastes-Away
Plot 222, Kamalapuri Colony Phase II,
Near IBP Petrol Pump
Hyderabad - 500073
Tel: +91 40 23741932, +91 9886796967
Timing: 10am to 5pm
Email: masood.huda@gmail.com

Pre-Shrunk garments from dāram

All dāram garments are made from pre-washed and pre-shrunk fabric. These processes ensure that the interlacing warp & weft yarn relaxes to its original length. This ensures that the degree of shrinkage that will occur while washing the garments themselves is minimised.

We offer our customers less than 2% shrinkage (both on length and chest) on all our garments.

Why do fabrics shrink?

In the pre-loom processes of warping and sizing and also on the loom, yarn is stretched and kept taut under tension. Yarns that are woven to form the fabric, when washed for the 1st time, will naturally shrink to its original length, thus causing the shrinkage that is experienced.

Launching BRASS TACKS in Hyderabad