Spinning silk into gold

Founded in 1926 by Shri Rishabhchand, who had plunged into the Non-Cooperation movement against the British and later fired by his patriotic fervour opened the INDIAN SILK HOUSE which has an 80 years old histiory of spinning silk into gold, with a hand in dressing Nargis, Supriya Devi Chhabi Biswas Sarat Chandra Bose, P.C. Sorcar senior and so on. Rishabhchand obeyed the call of his his inner soul and sought communion with Sri Aurobindo and The Mother at Pondicherry.

In 1931, he settled in Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Pondicherry. The business was carried on by his brothers and son. The College Street outlet with their wide collection of silks from Varanasi, Bangalore, Kanchipuram Arni, Murshidabad Bankura and so on made a loyal client base over the years which grew with time.