TIL about Kyushoku - the Japanese school lunch program. My mind is blown by the thoughtfulness with which it has been built, and how it involves the entire community. 🧵 The first Kyushoku was provided to students in 1889. It is now widespread and most Japanese schools offer it. The meals cost ~$2 per meal.

Kanchipuram silk sarees are striking, especially ones with contrast borders. A couple of decades from now, the art of weaving contrast borders may be lost forever.

I recently read about silk sarees and Nalli. Here's a long silk thread taking us to Lyon, Surat and Chennai.🧵 Our story starts in 1911 when Nalli Chinnaswamy Chetti was a weaver under a master weaver in Kanchipuram. He was assigned the task of weaving a saree intended to be gifted to King George V, during his visit to India.