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Kashmir: Pashmina weavers’ looms come to a grinding halt

Kashmir: Pashmina weavers’ looms come to a grinding halt

Besides the increasing number of power looms, financial exploitation by middlemen and ill health following the back-breaking work on the wheel is forcing women spinners to take up alternative jobs like in offices. This is hurting Pashmina weaving

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