Malkit Kumar, Blacksmith, Rahon
This may seem easy but it takes a lot a time to make a sickle. First I’ve to flatten an iron bar by beating it with full force. Then inside an iron piece, I have... Read more.
Mohammad Sadiq, Tong-maker, Malerkotla
Tongs are what I make. It's been 40 years, I started in my early teens. Our father used to work as a farm labourer, usually helping with moving bales, we also followed... Read more.
Rajesh, , Wood Carver , Hoshiarpur
People know my worth in this town. They show their respect by calling me a professor or an artist. But what I do has a zero value in the market. All the craftsmen,... Read more.
Lakhvinder Singh, Cobbler, Rahon
My father used to sit here earlier. I’ve been here for the last 20 years. He never let us help him with the work, instead, told us to go home and study. But when... Read more.
Manjit Singh, Electrician and Artist, Adampur
My grandfather was a contractor during the British rule. He was an expert in working carpentry and masonry. Impressed by his work, in 1933 they gifted him a pocket... Read more.
Harbhajan Singh Ajimal , Carpenter, Banga
You are too young to have seen the coal operated buses. It happened in 1952 due to the shortage of petrol. They fixed a small steam engine behind every bus. It happened... Read more.
Amrik Singh, Cotton Gin Operator, Adampur (Jalandhar)
My grandfather was from Toba Tek Singh. When the plague spread in 1908, he was two and a half years old. His elder siblings died during the plague, his uncle took... Read more.
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.
Amarjit Kaur, Weaver, Singhanwala (Moga)
I have spent all my life working on the loom. I used to weave cotton blankets, now I weave woolen blankets. Everyone used to work on cotton earlier. It was my own... Read more.
Ram Singh, Leather Tanner, Malerkotla
My ancestral village is Mehatpur, near Nakodar. I am over 50 years. I have studied till the fourth standard. I could have studied further, but my brothers had me... Read more.