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Thread, sweat and heart: Ingredients for a Kashmiri shawl
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Kashmiri women work to bring out the finest embroidery at a state-run centre in Shelwat in north Kashmir. The workers at such centres are paid a monthly stipend of Rs 700, where they work on handicraft products like curtains, shawls and carpets. (Waseem Andrabi/ HT Photo)
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Kashmiri women choose the thread before using them on window curtains at a state-run centre in Shelwat in north Kashmir, some 30kms from Srinagar. (Waseem Andrabi/ HT Photo)
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Kashmiri women work as a team to bring out the finest embroidery at a state-run centre in Shelwat, in north Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi/ HT Photo)
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Kashmiri women do embroidery on window curtains at a state-run centre in Shelwat in north Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi/ HT Photo)
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Kashmiri women sit outside and do embroidery on shawls. (Waseem Andrabi/HT Photo)
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The workers are paid a monthly stipend of Rs 700, where they work on handicraft products like curtains, shawls and carpets. (Waseem Andrabi/ HT Photo)
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A close look at the embroidery done on window curtains, by Kashmiri women who get a meagre monthly stipend of Rs 700 for the work. (Waseem Andrabi/ HT Photo)
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