The Cashmere Shawls
Kashmir’s Shawl-making has a rich tapestry of resilience and survival. Kashmir researcher Peer Faizan Bashir writes about the highs and lows of the heritage...
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,...
Kashmir’s Map Shawls
Shawls woven in Kashmir were fashion statements on Paris streets early nineteenth century. But it took a long time for the buyers to understand...
Floating in turbulence
Mushtaq A Punjabi
The world is under heat of recession that has affected almost all the big economies; slightly or considerably. Our valley is...
Drowning ‘Dreams’
With government ban in force on the making of new houseboats, a gradual decline in manual workforce associated with the craft has been noticed....
The faded king
Kashmiri craftsman used to make the best Shahtush shawls – considered one of the finest fabrics in the world. A ban on trade of...
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...
The Silken Knot
Vested interest, negative policy interventions, market shifts and nature intervened in the unmaking of world’s biggest silk factory in Kashmir. As cocoon production fell...
Killing Me Softly
Models draped in Kashmiri Pashmina shawls once graced the ramps of Milan. But with technological intervention giving rise to adulteration, Pashmina is losing both...
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...
Kashmir’s Naqashi Printers
Even though modernity has overtaken the traditional arts associated with handicrafts, some specialities survived the onslaught. Mir Suneem reports the maze where a neglected...
An Unfinished Shawl
A master craftsman died within months after a British organisation was awarded for the intricate design he displayed at an exhibition. Years later, his...
Don’t Burn The Wheel
Introduction of GI tagging in pashmina has raised hope for revival of handmade product in Kashmir. If implemented properly, experts believe that the technological...
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...
An Unfinished Shawl
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An Unfinished Shawl
A master craftsman died within months after a British organisation was awarded for the intricate design he displayed at an exhibition....
