Toy-makers in Kondapalli village of Andhra Pradesh have made wooden toys for generations, but now fear that their signature craft may not survive beyond the decade
A basket weaver and an Idu Mishmi elder, Mako Lingi of Ahunli village in Arunachal Pradesh, remembers a time when barter was a part of life and basket-weaving was necessary for survival
Madurai-based P. R. Bala has been making bamboo products for 22 years. This centuries-old family occupation is demanding and barely profitable, but the personal rewards, he says, are worth the toil
At a small mill in Ballikita village, among the last few in Amarpur block of Bihar, labourers from nearby villages work through the day at the cane pressing machines and boiling pits to produce jaggery
The nomadic Changpas of Hanle Valley in Ladakh herd pashmina goats, live in high-altitude pasturelands, and even retain old barter systems – but their ways of life are changing. This photo essay features Changpa Karma Rinchen's community
A scarcity of fibre, new techniques and a lack of young workers have impacted Kerala's coir industry
At the centuries-old potters' colony in Kolkata, artisans work through the night on the clay idols that they will soon send into the city for Durga Puja
All that the toy-makers of Nirmal town in Adilabad, Telangana, want is wood to continue their age-old art
Eight kilograms of mud that make a beautiful music in Manamdurai, Tamil Nadu
The Purbannapara community of Makardah village in West Bengal holds an annual 'protijogita' for making the brightest and biggest 'tubri' or firework-candle
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