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A Brief History of Pashmina Shawl Weaving in Kashmir
Pashmina What is Pashmina? Where does it come from? Pashmina is the undercoat of goats that are found in many high-altitude regions in the world,

Hand-woven woollens by tribes in the Himalayas find a global market
Source : – 30stades Sometime in the early 2000s, when Ghayur Alam was researching biodiversity conservation in Uttarakhand, he saw that many medicinal plants were

A Start-up from the Valleys of Mussoorie Changing Weavers’ Life
Source : Entrepreneur.com It is said that spaces have tales. Around eight kilometres from Mussoorie, in an obscure hamlet called Masrana, a tale of love

How to build a business in the Himalayas
Source :- Rediff The Alams saw the magical spot while on a drive to the hills.A few years later they set up home and a

Revival Of Weaving Skills
An article on Himalayan Weavers in the Newspaper of Garhwal Post 2008

How we use natural dyes
One of our interests in setting up Himalayan Weavers was to promote the use of natural dyes on wool. As Pat and I did not