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Handicrafts

Kashmir’s key heritage sector, handicrafts were the main products that introduced the art of the valley to the rest of the world. Though currently under stress for a set of reasons, some even beyond the control of artisans and the traders, the handicrafts continues to be a major player of Kashmir’s economy. This section features the crafts and the craftsmen, the process and the innovations in addition to the market that is global in nature.

Crafting a fake

Low quality machine made shawls from Punjab and other states, sold in the name of Kashmir brand are hurting Kashmir’s handicrafts besides rendering many local...

Crafting penury

Once an envious craft, papier mâché is now a cause of penury for its craftsman. Shazia Yousuf visits Kamangarpora, the locality in Srinagar known to...

Weathering a storm

When circumstance left her husband incapacitated, Shamima turned to Pashmina weaving, and went on to set up an enterprise that helps thousands of women...

Programming Taleem

Khan studied computer programming at home and soon went out to design software to digitize land records in Urdu. Khan’s software was installed on...

Facing a cut

Embroidery and cutwork is a dying handicraft, with very few artisans left in the trade. Sumayyah Qureshi meets septuagenarian Aziz-din-Banday to get an insight...

GI registration and beyond

Kashmir artisans heaved a sigh of relief after Chennai based GI Registry awarded them an ownership of the craft. Bureaucratic hassles are, however, putting...

A Tweed Tale

Weavers in Inder and Badibagh villages of Pulwama once sold tweed to international markets in Europe and America. Second World War dealt the first...

Bond is calling … r u there?

The Scottish have promoted and protected Harris Tweed, and made it the most sought after tweed in world. While Kashmir Tweed matches its European...

Tackling recession

NASEER SHAH Recession has started taking its toll and the artisans in Kashmir’s handicraft sector are becoming instant targets of falling sales abroad. A Rs...

BLOODLESS MURDER

They were launched as promising businesses but interfering politicians rendered them unviable. In effect shaking the lives of thousands of their employees. Haroon Mirani...

A Lost Mat

Paltry returns and social stigma attached to waguv weaving is killing the trade fast. Kashmir is on the verge of losing an indigenous skill,...

Back on global radar

A buyer seller meet has brought international buyers for Kashmir handicrafts direct to Srinagar, building links between Kashmiri traders and the buyers. Haroon Mirani...

Survival on a prized craft

Despite growing demands of Khatamband ceilings, not many artisans are eager to pass on the craft to their children. Surviving on the prized craft...

Drabu’s 3P Vision for handicrafts

At a symposium organized by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) in association with Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), Chairman J&K Bank and state’s well...

Reid & Taylor strengthens Kashmir Bond

Global fabric giant Reid & Taylor is procuring more tweed from Kashmir and promises to showcase it in a big way. Haroon Mirani reports. Strengthening...