Future of Pacific Music Awards under review as organisers in ‘survival mode’ seek public donations

Organisers say this year's ceremony is not at risk, but its future format is under review.

The sector is battling delayed wages, mounting financial losses, dwindling workers, shrinking cooperative societies, and the relentless march of power looms. Kerala, which once had nearly 25,000-30,000 handloom workers, now has only about 18,000, while the number of cooperative societies has fallen from around 600 to a