Unintentionally, it suggests that the book is an overview of contemporary handcrafted Indian textiles per se; not just those developed by him, Rakesh Thakore and the government weavers' centres at that time. The lack of mention of other major developments in Indian textiles during the same 10 years may surprise a casual browser. The craft-y literati have been equally surprised at the unattributed borrowings from the 1982 Viswakarma catalogue, The Master Weavers, written by Jyotindra Jain. So similar are the two that one apocryphal story has it that Dr Jain was sent Handcrafted Indian Textiles for review, and replied that he does not review his own books!