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Artisans Rahul Dattatrey Gorey (left) and Kalamudeen Ansari stitch new recycled rubber bags for Chamar Studio by designer Sudheer Rajbhar. AFP pic
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MUMBAI, Mar 14 The sound of men punching holes into colourful rubber sheets reverberates across a tiny studio in India’s largest slum an unlikely birthplace for luxury handbags made by a marginalised community seeking to reclaim its identity.
“Chamar Studio” owes its name, derived from the Sanskrit word for ‘skin’ and long used locally as a slur, to leather craftsmen who lie at the bottom of the Hindu caste hierarchy.
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MUMBAI: The sound of men punching holes into colourful rubber sheets reverberates across a tiny studio in India's largest slum an unlikely birthplace for luxury handbags made by a marginalised community seeking to reclaim its identity.