In Pictures: Kashmir's spinning trouble - In Pictures - Al Jazeera English
Decades of conflict in Indian-administered Kashmir have produced
thousands of widows and "half-widows". Most of these destitute families
have been making their living by spinning normal sheep wool or Pashmina.
But the number of women spinners is dwindling as the government prices
for their goods does not match the rising cost of the trade: http://aje.me/1vQ4d84
A few decades ago, this much revered tool, which gave Kashmiri women some form of economic independence, was present in almost every household. But now only widows or destitute families practice the trade.
/Aarabu Ahmad Sultan/Al Jazeera
