It brought aid and the attention of the world to Kutch, raising funds as well as awareness for local arts. Brick, mortar and HunnarshalaOn the day of the Bhuj earthquake, a workshop by social organization Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan to train local artisans in mud stabilization was under way in Khavda, near the Kutch border. Even when it’s done for commercial purposes, embroidery is still seen as a secondary source of income for women in Kutch. Around 1,200 women artisans from 11 ethnic communities and 65 crafts-rich villages of Kutch are associated with Qasab, which was registered as a producer’s company in 2010. My father Harish Vaswani, a well-known Sindhi writer, wrote a Kutch travelogue that was published that year, after the earthquake.

Source: Mint January 20, 2017 15:16 UTC