With the prolonged strike in the gold and diamond jewellery market raising fears of job security and steady income, many artisans have migrated to the imitation jewellery industry in the last one month. The Gold, silver and diamond jewellery industry was on an indefinite strike on March 1, following an announcement of 1% excise duty … Read More →
The indefinite strike by jewellers since March 1, across the country to protest the excise duty of one per cent proposed in the union budget, has hit the artisans the worst, most of who are from Bengal and are returning home with no earnings. Seen as the hub of gold and diamond jewellery, the striking … Read More →
In the Hindu Kush mountains craftswomen painstakingly stitch flowing scarves, skilled artisans who were unable to sell their products beyond the remote region until mobile internet came to Pakistan and dropped the market into the palms of millions of previously marginalised people. The women of northern Chitral are among the unlikely profiteers of an e-commerce … Read More →