Home / News / India News / Article /
Shop to educate kids, empower women
Updated On: 27 August, 2009 07:47 AM IST | | ANJANA VASWANI
After 35 years of exporting traditional Indian wares to improve lives in rural India, Karigar, a retail outlet of International Fair Trade Association member Asha Handicrafts, brings its range to Mumbai shoppers
After 35 years of exporting traditional Indian wares to improve lives in rural India, Karigar, a retail outlet of International Fair Trade Association member Asha Handicrafts, brings its range to Mumbai shoppers
It wasn't the spirit of charity that drew us into Karigar, it was the novel display of intricately-carved clocks and chests in the shop's window that did it. Store manager Anas Shaikh says Asha Handicrafts, an export-oriented fair-trade firm whose profits sponsored the medical care, education, financial assistance and subsistence of Indian craftsmen, had branched out to form Karigar (means "artisan"). "There are nine rules that form the protocol of a fair trade organisation. We don't employ child labour, and profits are ploughed back to improve the lives of artisans.
 |
|
Copper station clock (Rs 1,895) |
You'll find Uttar Pradesh's Tara Kashi or brass-inlay work in shisham wood on some of the furniture, while Kalamkari or hand-block printing from Andhra Pradesh adorns bed sets, and a central shelf is stocked with curios designed using Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal's Dokra art.
 |
|
Horn and bone bowl from Sarai Tarin, a tiny village in Uttar Pradesh (Rs 499 onwards) How do you like the new new mid-day.com experience? Share your feedback and help us improve. Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
