Shawl Sheen Lost?
After the insiders at the state-run Handloom Development Corporation allegedly stole half a dozen prized…
Browsing: Kashmir handicrafts
Kashmir Lost, the Last Professional Kundangar
SRINAGAR: Last week, Kashmir lost the valley’s celebrated professional Kundangar (gold engraver), Mohammad Amin. He…
Bad Business
Since the inflated Jhelum devastated Kashmir in 2014, the business is yet to show a…
Oprah Winfrey Dons Saree With Kashmiri Tilla
by Saima Bhat SRINAGAR When Oprah Winfrey talks, it is news. The American talk show…
Knitting Dreams
A young hospital management professional has converted her passion for crocheting into her profession and…
J&K Keen To Take Its Exclusive Products To Amazon
SRINAGAR: The State’s Industries and Commerce Department has embarked on an ambitious and futuristic marketing…
Design Diva
In the nineteenth century, the hungry exploited and perpetually persecuted Kashmir artisans would remotely control…
1865: Kashmir Weavers’ Agitation
By all accounts, world’s first organised labour agitation took place in Kashmir on April 29,…
The Ocean Thirst
The concrete jungle of Srinagar may be bustling with activity as it expands far and…
Wicker Worries
As the new GST regime, brought handicrafts to the lowest five percent slab, the small,…
Brand Cashmere
On the occasion of sixth Kashmir Expo that Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry hosted…
Killing Me Softly
Models draped in Kashmiri Pashmina shawls once graced the ramps of Milan. But with technological…
Rs 7000 Recovered From Erring Traders
KL Report SRINAGAR During a surprise inspection conducted by Enforcement Wing of Handicrafts Quality Control…
Pashmina Politics
Centuries after Kashmir made Cashmere a global fashion statement, the Rs 600 crore heritage Shawl…
Awfully underpaid
With reduced wages Kashmiri artisans are getting poorer with each passing day, pushing them into…