GRACE VALLEY: In his two-room wooden house high in the beautiful Grace Valley in Kashmir, Hidayat Ullah weaves at a manual paddle loom. Asked how he learned the craft, he gestures to a frail, wizened ...

Pashmina was once Nepal’s top export product, right there with carpets and tea. At its peak, pashmina exports accounted for Rs5 billion in 2000 only to fall sharply to Rs1.65 billion in just ten years ...

Pashmina weavers. Courtesy: Kashmir Looms. Kashmir’s famous Pashmina, a fine variant of spun cashmere — introduced to the valley by an Irani Sufi saint, Shah-e-Hamdan, and refined to a fine art form ...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI/GPRC): Bringing the spotlight back on Cashmere Pashmina by blending the magic of silk while weaving shawls, Sugandha and Shiva Kedia have partnered with ...

While pashmina or cashmere shawls have always remained a favourite, there is another category that is fast becoming popular among those who follow quiet luxury – it is cashmere or pashmina saris.

Scientists said on Thursday they have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in Indian-controlled Kashmir, hoping to help increase the number of animals famed for their silky soft undercoats used to make ...