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At the beginning of the year, the Indian textile ministry had approached designers to promote few dying arts and crafts of India. To be a part of this movement, they had taken up a few projects with an aim to complete them one at a time. One of which is the ahimsa silk, said the Mumbai-based designer Archana Kochhar who visited the looms where the silk fabric is handwoven, and guided the weavers to make a few designs and colour changes to meet contemporary style requirements.