I always loved clothes and fashion. And, I studied apparel manufacturing and fashion designing 20 years ago. Fashion makes the life interesting – it’s something one always looks forward to adopt daily. It keeps you busy in thinking to create new products.

Printing (screen and digital) is a technique used to decorate garments/textiles. Screen printing is an interesting and creative field very much viable to add value to garments. Value addition is the buzz word in today’s business, including garments.

India is a country with plenty of creative people. This can be seen all over, be it the historic caves or the latest of technology that is available here. The missing link would be the full blown showcasing and awareness of the possibilities in the garment printing industry.

I strongly believe in women empowerment. Women need to be heard and treated equally to strike a balance in decisions and way of life. Empowering them will only create the right balance as men and women were created to be together to strike this balance. If the right opportunity is available, both men and women should be able to do business equally well.

(Philomena is the director of Cotton Blossom, Tirupur.)