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December 2009 - the MAIWA BLOG

Tussar Silk in Orissa

Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 2(Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk)In India it comes from Antheraea mylitta. We've gone with the spelling "Tussar" but you'll also find Tussah, Tusseh, Tasar, Tussore, Tusser etc. Dr. John Feltwell in his book...

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Looking for Three Silks

Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 1 (Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk) Assam is known to ...

December 24th, 2009

It is early afternoon on the 24th of December. Here in the Maiwa Loft, the rush of our morning meetings is over and we ...

Maiwa 2008 Research Trip

IntroductionThe nature of our work takes us far away from our Vancouver home. But we are enthusiastic travellers ...

Coupons Expire December 20!

If you're a regular Maiwa customer you may have a couple of theses coupons squirreled away somewhere. If so, this is ...

Wrapping up with the Wrap Party

Our reviews of the symposium events concludes with this post on the Wrap Party. Our auctions have become something of ...

From Gandhi to Globalization - Part 2

Our latest video podcast just went up.Part 2 -Presentation, Question & AnswerAshoke ChatterjeeIn part two, Ashoke ...