Semiconductor scrub

Removes toxic dyes from textile effluents

Temperamental fabric

The weather may be unpredictable but this new fabric quickly adjusts to its mood swings and maintains a balance between your body temperature and …

Return of a fabric

Instant success, total failure and stupendous return -polyester completes the cycle and comes out of oblivion to hit the market once again

Bright colours, dark secret

All Silk

Children in labour

In tatters

Textile industry woes exposed by government figures

No sweat over this shirt

A fabric developed at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, promises to keep sweat from being a bother

A little common sense

Recycling water and chemicals has resulted in drastic reduction of effluents from Surat's textile units.

A fibre for all seasons

The manufacturer of a newfibre claims that it combines the qualities of cotton and synthetics. But the price may not be right

Barrier up on skirts

Paternal jeopardy

Fresh garments

A new fabric can kill irritating smells and save you from skin diseases

Bullet-proof vests

South Asia

Shades of green

Fabric printinggoes high-tech with the help of a computercontrolled nvironmentfriendly technique

Superior silkworms

Dressed down

Polluting units in Tamil Nadu's textile centres penalised

Founded on piracy

The story of early US industrialisation

Making clothes more comfortable

A mathematical theory may result in an objective technique to evaluate both the comfort of a fabric and how it will behave over time

A passage to India through trade

TRADE, TARIFFS AND EMPIRE Basudev Chatterji Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price: Rs 490

Stolen work

Art>>  Retail company  • The US/Sweden

Peel filter

Grapefruit skin can remove chemical dyes from textile effluent  

DuPont goes green

Environmentalists flayed