Comments on: GOONJ PROJECT: Textile Recycling Initiative in New Delhi

By: Sonia Gomes

Sonia Gomes — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:17:16 +0000

Yes I agree western clothes are not for our Indian women and Children, the over sized clothes are not for our small and medium sized frames, instead these could go to the needy in Nicaragua who have large frames and most importantly wear all types of western attire. I recently met a group of ladies from Nicaragua on an exchange pro gramme to India and all of them spoke for their need for clothes. If they could get good wearable clothes it would save them the funds needed for other things like food. Think about it
Sonia Gomes

By: span

span — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:17:10 +0000

I live in the US (New England region) and know of many friends who, like me, would love to ship their Indian/western outfits for such a worthy cause. Do you have any repositories or channels in place in the area that collect outfits to ship to India? Shippping costs are quite high. Any advice or leads will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

By: Brunda Ganesh

Brunda Ganesh — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:26:20 +0000

Jeff,
I appreciate your point, being an Indian and having been involved in smaller scale projects such as Goonj I must admit it is something that I never thought of. I suppose it is because most of the time average urban Indians wears western styled clothing themselves, and when I give away stuff very few of it is really ethnic in the true sense.
The many children running around in faded and oversized Hilfigers is something that you dont see in these photoes.
But I guess sometimes cultural identity takes a back seat to the more basic needs in life.

By: jeffgrantz

jeffgrantz — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:01:56 +0000

It is obvious that this organization serves a very useful purpose and that the clothes are both needed and appreciated I am sure by the people who receive them. This will perhaps sound very negative, but does anyone besides myself think that there might perhaps as well be some downside to sending piles of used and very western styled clothes from the 90’s to India?
I look at the photographs of these beautifully adorned women with their silk clothes and vibrant colors which have for a thousand years been an integral part of their culture and I can’t help but wonder if this service won’t assist somehow in contaminating an important aspect of their cultural identity over time?

By: Mahesh Basantani

Mahesh Basantani — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:16:56 +0000

This is really an interesting and useful initiative.

By: krishaamer

krishaamer — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:04:25 +0000

That is awesome! The pictures are very nice too.