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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicIndian artisans

Topic: Indian artisans

Crisis in Cottage Emporium—Rs 202 crore in dues, unpaid staff on silent protest, no AC

Artisans have stopped supplying products, and even basic utilities like air conditioning have been shut off. Employees hold on, hoping that the Cottage Emporium can rise again.

Indian artisan economy isn’t just about sustaining traditions. It needs market-driven approach

A critical issue in the artisan sector is the disparity in value distribution, with artisans who are at the heart of production often receiving the smallest share of profits.

Men get all the credit for bandhani. Zakiya Khatri is on a mission to change that

Zakiya’s label is the outcome of her ambition to be known for her artisanship. It’s name—Bairaj—means the rule of women in Gujarati.

Nine hundred UP artisans weave for 10 lakh hours to make new Parliament building carpet

The new Parliament building will showcase exquisite motifs of national bird peacock and national flower lotus in the carpets of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, respectively.

North Indian artisans carry a photo of this textile historian — she helped revive their craft

The British textile historian and designer has founded two successful companies that celebrate Indian textiles.

On Camera

Moderate Democrat victories signal a bigger shift than Mamdani. The party is bouncing back

New York is America’s most cosmopolitan outpost, not its heartland. One must look at what happened elsewhere in the US on 4 November.

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.