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Five women entrepreneurs reviving endangered crafts

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Five women entrepreneurs reviving endangered crafts

Women have been the guardians of India’s traditional crafts for centuries. However, a lack of market access and exploitation by middlemen led to the decline or extinction of many art forms. Here are five women entrepreneurs reversing the craft decline

Mar 16, 2025 00:01 IST logo

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Nitesh Agarwal sells Chikankari products in 40 countries

How this school dropout from Lucknow took Chikankari art across the world

By Riya Singh

Mar 15, 2024 23:44 IST logo

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Around 80 percent of Okhai's employees are women

How Okhai handcrafted a success story with 25,000 rural women artisans and one e-commerce platform

By Anusha Sundar

Nov 20, 2023 13:46 IST logo

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The Chamba Rumal, handmade by the queen of Chamba in 1898, is now housed in the reserve collections at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre in Scotland

How this Chamba Rumal reached Scotland from Himachal 125 years ago

By Team 30 Stades

May 28, 2023 00:20 IST logo

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Pritkana Goswami, her younger daughter Ankita Roy and her granddaughter displaying a Nakshi Kantha work.

Bengal: Living in poverty, how Pritikana Goswami revived Nakshi Kantha embroidery

By Partho Burman

Mar 15, 2023 23:58 IST logo

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This woman entrepreneur's sustainable fashion brand is reviving Bihar’s embroideries and weaves

By Urvashi Dev Rawal

Feb 17, 2023 00:37 IST logo

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