How Chinese imports are destroying our traditional textiles, writes Ritu KumarWith Covid-19 causing a dramatic rupture, and with Chinese aggression at the border, India must reassess its approach to trade, especially the import of textiles and other artefacts of religious use from China. This is essential to preserve India’s traditional strengths and ensure it doesn’t fall into the same trap as other countries, which have lost their livelihoods and indigenous traditions. In India, textiles comprise the second-largest sector after agriculture. Its potential for creating wealth is enormous. India has a living tradition of handicrafts, practised on an everyday basis. All...