Asu Machine
Mallesham Chintakindi, a
weaver from Sharjipet
village in Andhra
Pradesh, has turned out
to be a saviour for
hundreds of weavers.
Weavers making the
traditional 'Tie & Dye'
Pochampalli silk sarees
used to undergo a
painstaking process,
moving their hands
thousands of times in a
day while weaving
sarees. But not any
more. Thanks to
Mallesham's patented
device to mechanise this
process, hundreds of
weavers in Andhra
Pradesh now spend less
time on making a variety
of designs.
Background
When he discontinued his
education to take up the
family tradition, his
mother shared her pain
and hardship in doing
the asu process
everyday. She used to
complain to him about
the pain in the shoulder
and eye sight fading
away. She also did not
want his wife to go
through the same ordeal
through out the life.
Mallesham was advised by
her mother to pursue
some other profession
which does not demand
such drudgery from women
of the house.
This was the trigger for
Mallesham to resolve for
finding solution to his
mother’s problem
sustaining the family
tradition of weaving
Pochampally silk sarees.
He had the option to
follow mother’s advice
and land up as labour as
he does not have any
skills or automate the
asu process.
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