Author: Gurdeep Dhaliwal

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Sohan Singh, Almira Maker, Saraud (Sangrur)

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal March 15, 2023 0

I have been working for 50 years. I started helping out my elders early on. I worked in Gobindgarh for a year and a half, but I had to return to Saraud due to s... Read more.

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Sunil Kumar , Thathera, Lehragaga

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal March 15, 2023 0

I’ll (Sunil Kumar) show you a copper leaf, a customer from Patiala asked me to make. I’m sure if she tries to buy it from one of those fancy stores it will ... Read more.

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Vijay Kumar, Brass Band Master, Alawalpur

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal March 15, 2023 0

I am the Brass Bandmaster. We only play the wedding song tunes with the musical organs and instruments; military bands also perform steps. We have three kinds o... Read more.

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Jaskaran Singh

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal March 12, 2023 0

xam a photographer I am a photographer I am a photographer I am a photographer I am a photographer I am a photographer I am a photographer I am a photographer I... Read more.

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Ranjit Singh, Blacksmith, Daun

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal April 7, 2022 0

Machines can never replace what's done with hands. All this repair work you see, this fine finishing with these tools is handwork, there's no machine you can pl... Read more.

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Baljit Singh, Carpenter, Mohali

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal April 7, 2022 0

We are carpenters from 15 generations. Our ancestors worked for 'the Sodhis' of Ferozpur. It was the honesty of my people that appealed to them. We were to take... Read more.

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Gagandeep Singh, Palki maker, Amritsar

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal April 7, 2022 0

My grandfather worked his hardest to bring us to Amritsar from Jaiwali, 25 KMs from here. He learned the woodwork from a craftsman here and started his own busi... Read more.

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Jagtar Singh, Kirtan musical instruments maker, Amritsar

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal April 7, 2022 0

It's our third generation into making Kirtan related musical instruments. My father Surjan Singh, in whose name the firm stands today, started it in 1940, in 19... Read more.

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Sarabjeet Kaur, Sherbet maker, Amritsar

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal April 7, 2022 0

As far as I know, the business was established in around 1919 and officially registered in 1932. It'll be 100 years next year, I'm the fourth generation running... Read more.

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Mohamad Rasheed, Net Maker, Harike

by Gurdeep Dhaliwal April 7, 2022 0

Originally, we are from Bijnour, U.P. My grandfather came with a group of fishermen who got a contract to fish at Harike more than fifty years ago. After the co... Read more.

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Crafted in Panjab