Who are we

About Fibrelust

FibreLust, led by a passionate young mind from Meghalaya, has a dedicated purpose to make ERI a household heirloom. ERI Silk is very auspicious to natives of North-East India. However, it is not as prominent as Banarasi or Kanjeevaram. He always wondered about the restricted reach of the natural fibre in-spite of its bio-qualities and harmless extraction of yarns. He travelled length and breadth of the state to explore his curiosity about the ERI life cycle. And breaking the boundaries of his homeland, he journeyed to every important handloom state in the country to understand the loopholes in promoting ERI Silk. Nothing works unless we take responsibility ourselves. With the same spirit, FibreLust started in August 2022.

ERI Silk is known as Ryndia in Khasi language of Meghalaya. Umden village in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya is declared Ryndia Silk Village, first of its kind in India. The silk is extracted from the domesticated silkworm Samia Ricini, found mainly in North-East India. North-East India has scattered growing, rearing, spinning and weaving of ERI. FibreLust intends to gradually organize the unorganized structure of the ERI Silk industry so that the community earns more monetary benefits and trusts the value chain in the long run.

FibreLust believes in Sustainability. Reviving & Restoring the rich inheritance of ERI Silk is the foundation of FibreLust. It is a movement and we have just begun!

FibreLust started to bridge the gap between the requirements of good yarns and the weavers inhabited in the remote pockets of rural and hilly regions of North-East. We made a genuine effort to study and understand the pre-loom processes of ERI Silk. From growers to rearing natives, from dyers to weavers and from sellers to customers, we included everyone. Today, FibreLust is a big family interdependent on each other for raw materials and final products. Each and everyday we are experimenting and expanding our experiences to work for the collective benefit. Our prime beneficiaries are women, who lead their families in and out of their homes. Do you know North-East is a maternal society? Yes, it is! Women are empowered by societal structures and not by interventions.

Fibrelust is not a one-man show. It is the sum total of many like-minded people. One person is not sufficiently equipped to deal with all kinds of challenges in terms of resources, proficiencies, knowledge and philosophies. We all add value to the framework and implementation practices to translate passion into reality. We take privilege to have patrons from the professional sphere and grass-root lineages.