Nishta Jain

Outside Calcutta, several jute mills crank on, virtually unchanged since the industrial revolution. Powered by steam and sweat, can jute ecosystem survive the post-industrial dystopia?

Outside Calcutta, several jute mills crank on, virtually unchanged since the industrial revolution. Powered by steam and sweat, jute work is equal measure labour, knowledge and skill. The Golden Thread puts the analogue and digital, the pre-industrial and industrial into the mix to explore the aspirations and survival of jute workers as jute factories close down or modernise.