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Handicrafts

Kashmir’s key heritage sector, handicrafts were the main products that introduced the art of the valley to the rest of the world. Though currently under stress for a set of reasons, some even beyond the control of artisans and the traders, the handicrafts continues to be a major player of Kashmir’s economy. This section features the crafts and the craftsmen, the process and the innovations in addition to the market that is global in nature.

Wicker: Surviving Chinese Onslaught

Centuries-old wicker industry, which artisans allege has always remained out of government’s sight, is fighting a battle of survival on its own. Haroon Mirani...

CDI introduces course in craft industry

The handicraft sector is the third largest employment provider in valley with a potential of engaging five lakh artisans. However, with the rise in...

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...

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...

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...

Recession is here

It was a blessing and a disgrace at the same time as the apparent insulation of J&K’s small economy from the larger mainland market...