Sohan Singh, Almira Maker, Saraud (Sangrur)
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 some... Read more.
Sunil Kumar , Thathera, Lehragaga
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 cost... Read more.
Vijay Kumar, Brass Band Master, Alawalpur
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 of... Read more.
Jaskaran Singh
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Ranjit Singh, Blacksmith, Daun
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 place... Read more.
Baljit Singh, Carpenter, Mohali
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.
Gagandeep Singh, Palki maker, Amritsar
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 business... Read more.
Jagtar Singh, Kirtan musical instruments maker, Amritsar
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 1962... Read more.
Sarabjeet Kaur, Sherbet maker, Amritsar
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.
Mohamad Rasheed, Net Maker, Harike
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 contract... Read more.