17. Clothes - our Necessity

Can you tell ? Observe the pictures given below carefully. Choose the clothes you would like to have and circle them.

In the box, write the total number of clothes (5) What do they wear to functions and you selected. festivities ? Does the number of clothes you have (6) How many times in a day do they change their clothes? chosen tally with that of your friends ? What did you realise from the activity

(1) On which days will you wear the above?

clothes you have chosen? Can you tell ? (2) How many times in a day will you change your clothes? Repeat the first ‘Can you tell ?’ activity (1) Do you think you should have other and make new notes in your book. While clothes besides the ones you have doing this, keep in mind your need and chosen? If so, write how many in the write the number of clothes you choose, in box. the box. (2) Apart from the clothes, which other things would you like to wear ? Are your answers in the second activity the same as in the first ?

(3) Will you lend your clothes to your friends ? After this activity, we may find that the (4) Which clothes that you see in the number of clothes we wish to have is advertisements would you like to rather large. Wanting clothes and really wear ? needing them are different things. We like to wear many different types of Wanting things when we do not need clothes and we wish to own them as them is simply desire, not necessity. well. We see many advertisements on TV,

hoardings, etc. and we are attracted towards the clothes shown in them. This Try this. attraction can turn into greed.

Visit people in your surroundings who often take shelter at places like railway or Discuss : Need and greed for clothes. bus stations, brick kilns, open grounds, etc. Discuss the following points with them and make notes. Use your brain power ! (1) What is the total number of clothes they have ? Rohan and Sania have many clothes, (2) What do they wear in the summer ? but they do not wear many of them. (3) What kind of clothes do they wear in Now they are wondering what they winter ? should do with all these clothes. Help (4) What clothes do they use during the them to solve their problem. monsoon season ?

3. What raw material is used to produce Try this. this fabric ?

4. Where does the raw material come For teachers : For this activity, visit the from ? nearest centre of industry with 5. In what form is the raw material the students and arrange an interview obtained ? with the skilled workers there. 6. Where is the finished product sent for

sale ? 7. In which season are these mainly used ?

8. What kinds of workers are needed for this industry ? 9. Where do these workers come from ?

10. In what way have centres of changed since the olden days ? A handloom 11. What problems are encountered in this

industry ?

We obtained information about the

textile industry centres by asking the questions given above. Now let us see examples of the textiles that are the

specialities of like the of and Yeola, shawls from , bedsheets and bedspreads from , handloom and

powerloom cloth from , etc. A charakha ( wheel)

You will understand this better from the map on the next page. During the interview, obtain information about the following points. To the index of the map, add the textile industries that you know of but are not 1. What industry is this ? shown here. Mark them at the appropriate places on the map. 2. What is the product of this industry?

M A D H Y A P R A D E S H

C GONDIA H G U JARA T AMRAVATI H DHULE JALGAON DADRA AND A NAGAR AKOLA WARDHA HAVELI T CHANDRAPUR DAMAN T (Daman and WASHIM YAVATMAL Diu) I AURANGABAD S PALGHAR JALNA G

AHMADNAGAR A THANE SUBURBAN R DISTRICT BEED T E L A N G A N A MUMBAI CITY H DISTRICT LATUR MAHARASHTRA STATE Important Textile Industries

SATARA SOLAPUR Index Cloth from Ichalkaranji North Bedsheets from Solapur West East Himroo Shawl Yeola Saree

South Paithani of Paithan

0 60 120 Kilometres GOA

Do you know ? Lucknow chikan, Kashmir , Benarasi silk, Kadiyal, Pitambari, Pochampalli, Narayanpet, Kanjivaram, Patola and are some types of sarees. These sarees from different parts of showcase the diversity of our country.

Try this.

To find out more about the different varieties of clothes, visit a clothes market with your parents. Discuss the points given below, with the people there and make notes. 1. Look at the variety of clothes and make a list of their names.

2. Which of these clothes are meant only names of the sarees and mark those for children, for adults or for aged places/regions on the map given above. people ? Thus we note that a variety of fabrics 3. Find out about the various types of and costumes have come into use due to the sarees. diverse climatic conditions in different parts 4. Note down the names of places famous of the countries. With better transport for their sarees. facilities, they have become available in all 5. Spot the names of places/regions in the places. This diversity in clothes is a part of the diversity in our country.

We can see a variety in the clothes used Try this. through the ages. In prehistoric times, man did not wear clothes. Later, he began using Talk to the elderly people in your family or the bark and leaves of trees. After that, he locality to obtain this information : began to hunt and used the skins of the What clothes did they wear during their animals he had killed. After he learnt to childhood? Make a list of the clothes make from materials like cottonwool, they name. he began to use cloth in a variety of Take the list to a cloth / garment shop ways. You will see this progression in the pictures given below. and see which of the clothes in your list are available there. Always remember - Find out which of the clothes are not worn any more. Nature has given us enough to fulfill Find out the places where these clothes everyone’s needs. However, nature used to come from. cannot quench man’s greed. Man must Find out why these clothes went out of give priority to his needs and not desires. use. Only then will nature be able to take Find out if there have been changes care of us all. in clothing due to tradition and in the Do you know ? course of time.

Mumbai was famous worldwide for Do you know ? its textile mills. The humid weather on the During the evolution of man, his body island facilitates the manufacture of long went through many changes. One of the thread for making cloth. That is why, changes was the reduction in the amount of Mumbai became a big centre for the textile body hair. As a result, he began to need industry. The flourishing cloth industry protection from the elements in certain attracted workers from all over the country weather conditions. Thus arose the need who came and settled here. From then on, Mumbai became an important hub for for clothes. financial activity in India.

Our clothing changed with time

What we have learnt - Use your brain power ! Wanting things you do not need is The clothes worn in different regions of the desire, not necessity. country are different depending on the We must use things only as we need them. local climate. Collect pictures of traditional clothes worn in Jammu and Kashmir, Several regions in our country have a tradition of producing fabrics Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Kerala. characteristic of the place. Discuss the climate of those areas based on We learnt about the diversity in the pictures. clothing in our country with the help of maps.