West Asia war hits home: ₹800 crore Kashmir handicrafts sector sees orders stall
In Eidgah’s Narwara locality, Pashmina weaver Rauf Ahmad Qureshi, 54, keeps one eye on his loom and the other on television updates from the Gulf, where demand for his work is shaped. “We get work through traders, so any crisis impacts us quickly,” he told Mint. “An artisan lives hand to mouth. If orders stop even for a few days, it becomes difficult to manage daily expenses.”
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