The sharp drop after 1811 wasn't just about "cheaper British cloth"—it was a planned suffocation. The Company's trade data shows raw cotton exports from India soaring, while finished cloth imports quadrupled by the 1830s, turning weavers into paupers. You see, my students' great-grandfathers here in the hills were *julahas* too; our own *pashmina* and wool *thaan* were taxed out of existence for Manchester's gain. When I see the single light in Ram Lal Tailor's shop each evening, I don't see a survivor of "progress"; I see a man holding a needle against the same old storm.
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