Nearly two decades years ago, as a reporter, I saw, in a central Kashmir village, a large room overflowing with children hunched over shawls. Some were embroidering and others were learning the craft.

Shawls and Shawlbafs of Kashmir duly registers these spectacles of splendour, albeit with a reminder: a Kashmiri shawl is more than a piece of warm apparel. It is a splendid testimony to the ...

Woven treasures: Kashmir’s kani shawls. To navigate gallery, click or swipe image. Share this article. Copy link. Link copied. ×. 1 of 9. Bhat Burhan. Women weave a shawl on a hanging loom.

The Shawls of Kashmir. Share full article. From The Cornhill Magazine. Nov. 10, 1895; ... The beautiful arts and manufactures of Kashmir ought to be, and, in fact, are, a source of wealth.

According to historians, the art of Kani shawl weaving in Kashmir has Persian roots. During the Mughal era, particularly under the rule of sultan Zain ul Abideen (Budshah), the valley had more ...

A driver who had brought visitors from the capital, Srinagar, told BBC Hindi that he was pleading with those visiting not to "distance" themselves from Kashmir. After a washout three days, shawl ...

Zulfiqar Ali from Kashmir a business consultant based in USA poses for the picture, while wearing an antique Kashmiri shawl,which is among the one of his collections.

Amidst change and conflict, the ancient arts of Kashmir still carry a spiritual pulse that binds its people to their land, ...

In Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents are voting in elections that some hope will lead to restoration of the territory's statehood, which ended when it became a federally governed territory in 2019.

Two shawl sellers were assaulted in Mussoorie because of their Kashmiri identity. Shabir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Indian-administered Kashmir, has been selling pashmina shawls for more than 20 years.

SRINAGAR: The proposed GST hike from 12 to 28 percent on Kashmir shawls valued over Rs 10,000 has caused anxiety among J&K artisans and dealers.The Group of ...