A Srinagar-based shawl manufacturing company has distributed modern spinning wheels to local women and trained them to spin pashmina and silk threads on the foot-operated charkhas. The women, many of whom work from home, earn Rs 5,000 a month.

A Srinagar-based shawl manufacturing company has distributed modern spinning wheels to local women and trained them to spin pashmina and silk threads on the foot-operated charkhas. The women, many of whom work from home, earn Rs 5,000 a month.

Along with making craft out of waste, to entertain and teach her students, Roohi Sultana, a national award-winning art and craft teacher in a government school in Srinagar has won appreciation of parents as her method of teaching requires minimal expenditure and offers maximum fun.

Along with making craft out of waste, to entertain and teach her students, Roohi Sultana, a national award-winning art and craft teacher in a government school in Srinagar has won appreciation of parents as her method of teaching requires minimal expenditure and offers maximum fun.

बडगाम, कश्मीर के अली मोहम्मद नज़र इस बात से वाकिफ हैं कि वो शायद लकड़ी के बर्तनों के शिल्प के अंतिम कारीगरों में से एक हैं, जो कभी हर कश्मीरी रसोई का अभिन्न अंग थे। शिल्पकार अब एक मजदूर के रूप में काम करते हैं और अपना घर चलाने के लिए लकड़ी की छतों की मरम्मत करते हैं।