For decades, Jigar Ded has lived alone in a hut and houseboat full of memories on Srinagar's Dal Lake, after her husband and then her son died. But it's the hardships of the two lockdowns that have left her defeated

A repairman, a weaver and a ropemaker – a Muslim, an Adivasi, and a Dalit, highly-skilled craftsmen – in Belagavi, Karnataka and Kolhapur, Maharashtra. All of them elderly and without work under the lockdown

To help 10-year-old Nutan learn about Adivasi farmers' concerns at a young age, her grandmother Jijabai brought her along on the march from Nashik to Mumbai, protesting against the new farm laws

Debahala Chakma of Rajivnagar in Mizoram, a visually impaired craftsman, has made intricate baskets for a living for 50 years using touch and memory, and says he can still make even a house of bamboo

Shouldering bundles of grass, Bhagauli Sahu, in his 70s, sometimes walks for around 18 kilometres from Shankardah village to Dhamtari town in Chhattisharh, to earn roughly Rs. 100

Pon Harichandran, 60, is the custodian of stories going back centuries from his Kilakuyilkudi village and the old kingdom of Madurai. There are very few like him left in this line of work

Now 101 years old, Ganpati Patil recalls his quiet contribution to India’s freedom struggle and his more overt gift to the development of Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district after 1947

The Shikalgar family of ironsmiths in western Maharashtra hand-craft various tools used in houses and fields, and are best known for their nut cutters – but are facing falling demand and rising challenges