Waning damand for earthenware pots has forced the artisans to sell their products for a song in rural areas of the Valley.

In pictures : Dying art of pottery in Kashmir

The potter’s wheel spins slow as the clay -made utensils are vanishing from the Valley of Kashmir.

 

Waning demand for earthenware pots has forced the artisans to sell their products for a song in rural areas of the Valley.

 

Many artisans across the valley are struggling hard to scrape out a living amid a diminishing demand for the earthenware pots.

 

The artisans believe that the government is doing little to conserve the dying art.

 

The young generation of socially and economically marginalized community of potters locally known as Krals are looking for other options to earn their livelihood.

Basharat Amin

Basharat Amin is a freelance documentary film maker from Kashmir, associated with India's largest community media network "Video Volunteers" as community correspondent.

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