Khawaja Saududdin Shawl (1873-1955)

[ad_1] In Kashmir tehreek against the despotic Dogra rule, one of the major characters was businessman, Khawaja Sauddin Shawl, whose contribution is least known and hardly acknowledged. MJ Aslam offers the text and context to Shawl’s rise, contributions and eventual silence Saududin Shawl in a group photograph with his familyContinue Reading

An Unfinished Shawl

[ad_1] A master craftsman died within months after a British organisation was awarded for the intricate design he displayed at an exhibition. Years later, his elder brother decided to pick the complicated art of his brother and finished the job six years later. The very expensive shawl, however, is notContinue Reading