A family of bangle makers from Hyderabad’s Charminar area is drawing global attention after crafting personalised bangles for every contestant of the Miss World 2025 pageant. Known for their ...

Steeped in history, the lac bangles from Laad Bazaar hold a cherished place in Hyderabad’s cultural tapestry, dating back to the era of the Qutb Shahis and the Nizams. HYDERABAD: In a testament to ...

New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): From hand-crafted idols made in Tamil Nadu to bangles made of lac from Bihar, several local-made handicraft products from across the country are being displayed at ...

HYDERABAD: After Hyderabadi Haleem, its now the turn of Hyderabad’s famed lac bangles to make a pitch for the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. A GI application for the glittering lac bangles that are ...

Muhammed Asif’s face has turned red and brown with burns. It is an occupational hazard. He has been using the burning hot coal furnace for 33 years, making bangles out of ‘lac’. This accomplished ...

Glass bangles are popular accessories for millions of women in India. Making them exposes workers to scorching hot furnaces, broken glass, and dangerous fumes — all for less than $10 a day. We went ...

The centrality of an artisan’s household within the geography of traditional bangle-making is analysed by spatially locating it within the networks of production in the context of the Firozabad ...

FIROZABAD: The next time you see glass bangles shimmering delicately on a woman's wrist or glittering in a shop, think of climate change. This link is neither unlikely nor far-fetched but a living ...

In dry Bihar the government has now decided to set up factories to make glass bangles out of seized liquor bottles through its Rural Livelihoods Promotion Programme, which is locally known as JEEVIKA.