Men are leaving these highly-skilled but low-paying jobs for better wages, leaving a vaccum being filled in by women who see it as a shot at independence.
Kashmir-based artisan Maqbool Ahmad Dar is the first artisan from the valley who prepared the first carpet with a National Flag design with the aim to uplift his art.
GI-Tag fetches Kashmiri carpets in gold daijiworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daijiworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Srinagar, India - Traditional Kashmiri carpet weavers are turning to a 21st century technology already embraced by French winemakers and other internati