Embroidery-like weaving: Rajasthan’s Pattu

It was right after the drought of 1987 that the people of Bikaner started looking for alternate livelihood options, says Surjan Ram Jaipal, chief of the Urmul Marusthali Bunkar Vikas Samiti. The drought, which wiped out nearly half the livestock of North Rajasthan, was the catalyst for Urmul, a milk cooperative, to think beyond just support services, to build and grow sangathans that could help the most vulnerable with integrated development projects.