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Non-Violent Silk?
By Reeta Rani Nayak Mahatma Gandhi was critical of silk because of his Ahimsa (non-violent) philosophy. Animal rights NGO PETA and former Union Environment Minister, Maneka Gandhi and many others opposed silk for the same reason. But in Meghalaya and some other states in North East, groups of tribals rear silk without killing the moth in a traditional way. This is called locally as Eri or Endi silk and also known as peace silk, a type of wild…
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