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PUBLISHED IN Outlook India ON 21 May 2023
Zari-Zardozi: The Shimmer That’s Fading Away Into Darkness
Zari-Zardozi: The Shimmer That’s Fading Away Into Darkness
A historic art form tracing its descent from the Mughal era, zari-zardozi has for long served as a livelihood to a majority of the Muslim population in the city of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. However, for the past few years, this shimmery domestic industry has been in the dark, having left in gloom thousands of workers in the city.