Madras (cloth) handwoven (evidenced by the small flaws in the fabric). Cotton madras is woven from a fragile, short-staple cotton fiber that can't be combed, only carded, resulting in bumps known as slubs which are thick spots in the yarn that give madras its unique texture. The cotton is hand-dyed after being spun into yarn, woven and finished in some 200 small villages in the Madras area. Madras fabric is generally regarded as belonging to the peasant class in its native India. Dutch traders arrived in India in the early 1600s to trade in the local calico cloth, followed by the British.
North East Shuttles (India) North East Shuttles (India) North East Shuttles is an Indian non scheduled and charter airline based in the city of Kolkata.It was founded in the year 2006 and began operations in 2011 with 2 aircraft to serve regional routes in the North East, West Bengal and Jharkhand.The airline had planned to expand to Uttar Pradesh, however operations never began. North East Shuttles operates non-scheduled and Charter flights to the following destinations in India North East Shuttles operates the following aircraft On May 4th 2011 a Cessna Grand Caravan of the airline overshot the runway at Lengpui airport during landing in