Delicate Mastery
It’s hard to imagine that these beautifully crafted pieces of art are created from some of the simplest of raw materials. Umer Beigh reports...
Crocheting An Idea
A professional web designer was so passionate about reviving crocheting that she gave up her job and made a successful venture using the internet...
Threads Of Discontent
The traditional Kashmiri shawl is facing an alarming decline in demand due to convincing duplicates manufactured outside the state. Majid Maqbool explores the rich...
Pashmina Politics
Centuries after Kashmir made Cashmere a global fashion statement, the Rs 600 crore heritage Shawl sector feels compelled to use raw material imported from...
The Ocean Thirst
The concrete jungle of Srinagar may be bustling with activity as it expands far and wide. But Zamir Ahmad reports a painful crisis that...
Craft Kangri
For centuries, Kashmir has fought winter with the peculiar firepot, the Kangri. A visit to kangri-makers and understanding the supply demand chain makes Shakir...
Master Confessions
A master wood carver who says he carved the UN logo in the 1970s, still adorning the wall of the General Assembly is desperate...
Zaldagar 1865
Kashmir’s first labour unrest, more than 150 years ago, was the outcome of the accumulation of immense exploitation that Kashmir’s working class was subject...
Craft Smith
They can make a replica of any complicated foreign machine in a day’s time. The famous German Khars of old city, whose client list...
Paper Life
Orphaned at 11, a young boy in city outskirts is using winter to make paper objects after he picked up the Japanese art on...
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...
Brand Cashmere
On the occasion of sixth Kashmir Expo that Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry hosted for nearly 70 buyers from 21 countries, R S...
Reviving Khanyari Tiles
After ruling Kashmir homes for decades, the Khanyar Rogni tiles are so low in demand that now only two artisans are associated with the...
The Making of Chrar Kanger
Kangri is used by people across Kashmir valley as an antidote for winter. But it is the Charar Kanger which is the first choice...
UNESCO Listing
With Srinagar finally joining UNESCO’s 50-city global creative network for ‘craft and folk art’, the real challenges for the policymakers and stakeholders is to...
