Prepared for the conference of Systems Society of India, September, 19 83.  Manuscript received from the author V. Padak following the India trip, this seems to be an analysis of textile industry from a systems viewpoint viewing the entire activity as a complex system, involving various forms of managerial organization and ownership and technical abilities, from hand crafting to high-degree automation Padaki also included his business card, he is head of Chimanial Lalbhai Centre for Management, ATIRA, Ahmedabad. A co-author, Radhakrishnan, is listed as the Director of ATIRA, on the paper's title page.