If creative marketing of some capsโlike Afghani or Ertugrul headgearsโcan make them global products, why canโt the same be done to conical caps of Kashmir? At the start of Seventies, a young farmer in Kashmirโs Sonawari belt was regularly lifting his moist eyes towards the sky.ย It was the year of drought in Kashmir and…
The leather trade in Kashmir was once a thriving business. Traders blame the governmentโs policies for the looming disaster. SRINAGAR โ The leather industry in Kashmir is at the risk of extinction with traders blaming the government apathy, the politics around animal slaughter and the political turmoil for the looming disaster. The trade has been…
Among the cultural symbols which have faded in the guise of modernity is an iconic Kashmiri rug called โGabeโ. But now, fighting this craft demise is a master artisan once again decorating Kashmiri drawing rooms with the revived rug. Change which Ghulam Mohammad Lone had long craved for has already taken place to his contentment.…
As lockdowns have created financial crisis and distress in the society, Old Srinagar which once abhorred intrusions in its artistic atmosphere is now witnessing a growing footfall of NGOs. A frail old woman, seventyish, from the interiors of Barthana, comes by foot, huffing her way to the main Qamarwor area in Srinagar, to collect a…