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...
A lifetime accessory
Kashmir Art encompasses different handicrafts, but carpets come instantly to mind whenever there is a mention of the art. Abdul Mohamin reports.
A major chuck of...
Role of Craft Development Institute
M S Farooqi
Craft Development Institute (CDI) is an autonomous institute established jointly by the Central and the State government to develop handicrafts in Kashmir.
CDI...
Opening Up Vistas
History suggests that Kashmiri Shawls were sent as tribute to ancient Assyria. Alexander’s women and warriors carried them from Punjab to Babylon and Macedonia. Syed...
Kashmir’s Carpet Industry
Zubair Ahmad
The handicrafts industry is one of the major industries of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The industry generates employment for lakhs of...
Chiseled to perfection
Even though the beating looks haphazard it is important in this job, the more the beating the better the work. Syed Asma reports.
This is how...
Embroidering beauty
Chain stitch is a rather new addition to the Kashmiri handicrafts. It is a type of embroidery where-in a continued stitch is done with...
Pulp art
Papier mache, a delicate decorative art which shows the artistic zeal of a craftsman was introduced in Kashmir in the 15th Century by a...
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 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...
Embellishing legacy
Ali Muhammad Beigh’s family has brought laurels to state by excelling in the prized Sozni embroidery craft. What’s more, the family doesn’t want to...
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...
