After pursuing higher education in metropolises across the country, many Ladakhi youngsters are returning to rediscover their culture and history in a new light. How? Through indigenous textiles ...

For instance, a plain pashmina stole could be easily obtained for under Rs1,000 while a heavily sequenced scarf or a stole with intricate beadwork (which looks great on jeans and a t-shirt) would ...

Today, about 70 per cent of the world’s pashmina fibre comes from China, 20 per cent from Mongolia, 9 per cent from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and Central Asia, and only 1 per cent from Kashmir.