Aditya Gupta founded Rug Republic 32 years ago, it now employs around 5,000 people and makes up to 15,000 rugs per month. He says the Indian rug and carpet industry is facing stiff competition ...

Aditya Gupta founded Rug Republic 32 years ago, it now employs around 5,000 people and makes up to 15,000 rugs per month. He says the Indian rug and carpet industry is facing stiff competition ...

Mohammad Rafiq Sofi using translated talim codes to guide his weaving An ancient symbolic code lies behind the intricate patterns of Kashmir's traditional handwoven carpets and rugs. Called talim ...

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He recalls a Tibetan carpet in his parent’s bedroom. This second-hand purchase, “from a carpetwallah in Darjeeling or Kalimpong during the hot season of 1944 or 1945”, probably reminded his ...

Shahnawaz Sofi, a second-generation carpet maker from Rathpora locality in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, has been using computers to create bold, unconventional designs ...

OBEETEE carpets X JJ Valaya from the Proud to be Indian collection The number of people involved in making one carpet depends on the size, the weave, and the intricacy of the design.