Pragya Sharma, Climate Change and the Creative Economy in India: Disadvantaged, Disturbed and Dislocated Indian Weavers. Routledge, 2025.
Pragya Sharma, Climate Change and the Creative Economy in India: Disadvantaged, Disturbed and Dislocated Indian Weavers. Routledge, 2025.

Summary/Abstract: Book review: Pragya Sharma, Climate Change and the Creative Economy in India: Disadvantaged, Disturbed and Dislocated Indian Weavers. Routledge, 2025. ISBN: 978-1-032-58432-4 (hbk), 108 p. India’s handloom sector is often discussed through the lenses of heritage, craft revival, sustainability, and rural livelihoods. Yet the effects of climate change on weaving communities remain underexplored within textile scholarship. In Climate Change and the Creative Economy in India, Pragya Sharma addresses this gap by examining the lived experiences of weavers across three distinct regions of India: Nadia in West Bengal, Kutch in Gujarat, and Kuthampully in Kerala. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, oral histories, participant observation, and interviews, Sharma explores how climate variability intersects with weaving practices, labour, migration, ecology, and traditional knowledge systems.

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