No historian has been able to trace the first papier-mâché artisan who travelled to Kashmir from Persia, where the craft was born. The art of papier-mâché has been passed on orally from one generation to the next. Today, one can still find papier-mâché artisans in the narrow bylanes of Srinagar’s Zadibal-Alamgari Bazaar. But Maqbool Jan's latest project is to make a map of Srinagar city on cloth by using papier-mâché techniques. He wants to see this masterpiece, which he has been working on for over a year, displayed in the Indian Parliament.

Source: The Hindu August 11, 2021 05:48 UTC