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...
Safeguarding handicrafts sector
R A QuadriDeeply rooted in the socio-economic ethos of people of the state, the Kashmir crafts has the distinction of highest number of practicing...
The wheel is slowing
A potter’s wheel once carved out almost all household goods. But now the use of earthenware is limited as polythene and plastic have replaced...
Countering Recession
J&K Bank has came out with four products including the revised DastKaar Finance, a product launched a few years back. Avowed objective for the...
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...
Dying art
The beautiful Panjrakari that for centuries decorated Kashmir’s mosques, shrines and some government buildings may soon be a thing of past as very few...
Buyers are more enthusiastic
It is the fourth buyer seller meeting that the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) is organizing. Tasavur Mushtaq meets KCCI president Abdul...
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...
Sheikh’s Topi Saaz
He has capped some of the famous heads in Kashmir politics including Sheikh Abdullah and G M Shah. A cap-maker by profession and NC...
Weaver Dreams
Down south, a village has not abandoned handlooms because the power-looms work fast and better, but the weavers say they cannot change the destiny...
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...
Opening up vistas
Nazir A Dar, KCCI President talks about the Buyer Seller Meet being held in Srinagar and other efforts made by the organization to market...
Woust` Khazir, The Master Craftsman
He created a wonder when he carved a life-like apple tree from a log of walnut wood. Khazir Mohammad Qasba, popularly known as Woust`...
Naya Cashmere Designs
Two and half decades of conflict inspired many youngsters to take art as a medium of expression. Two youngsters from Srinagar are redefining traditional...
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...
