Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Dilshad Hussain has been hand-engraving brass vessels for decades but never have the demand and popularity for his wares been as high as after Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a nickel-coated "matka" to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz last year. India News | PM Modi s Gift to German Chancellor Sparks Demand for Hand-engraved Vessels of Moradabad: Artisan.
Impressed with the institute's work, the prime minister had participated in its programme, 'Kashi Ek Roop Anek', at Varanasi in 2020 and had addressed around 10,000 artisans and weavers.