The touching lives of Indian craftsmen & weavers at work , with thought-provoking videos

Spread India's Glorious Cultural & Spiritual Heritage

Stand up for craftspeople: how to support India’s artisan community during the COVID-19 crisis

India may be an incredibly beautiful country for the tourists visiting India from around the globe, but the people who have made it beautiful & gave a place to the country in the world map , are living below utter poverty line in the country.

Most of the National Award winning craftsmen whose exquisite crafts have helped India earn a very high place in the artistic world around the globe, are unfortunately living without even the basic amenities of life. These craftsmen are fighting hard for their livelihood, health, education and safety of their family members.

Most of them take loans from the local moneylenders at an interest rate of 5% or even more for a month for their bread and butter and due to unusually less income from their exquisite,specialized work, they find it extremely difficult to repay the loans. This forces them to shift to other sources of earning, which totally fossilizes the traditional art forms,having immense aesthetic & spiritual beauty in them.

Please have a look at some of these exquisite handicrafts of India here

Indian craftsmen are craving for genuine buyers for their masterpieces, who will truly value their artistic genius. And this is possible only through proper marketing of their products, using the best of latest in technology.

Please have a look at some of these artisans at work, in the following videos from YouTube, & see for yourself if these artisans really deserve to be below poverty line, as they really are.

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Krishnanagar clay dollmakers at

workhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUnD4T-X558

Bankura horse maker at work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQAt6rGKPaU

Masters of Fire: Hereditary Bronze Casters of South India

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuEzTXCk4c

Imagecasting in Swamimalai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0The8sbE-0g

Casting a Metal Statue, Swamimalai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoEW85KDZKQ

Finishing and Filing the Bronze Statues after Casting Lost Wax Method step 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8TU_EWxzQ

Pottery world @ Khurja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGq34hbjMjU