There is a darker side to the glittering Hyderabadi bangles. The globally famous bangle manufacturing industry is increasingly resorting to employing minors, mostly children of poor families from ...

HYDERABAD: After biryani and pearls, if there is one thing Hyderabad is famous for, it is glass bangles. hyderabad: after biryani and pearls, if there is one thing hyderabad is famous for, it is glass ...

A big boost awaits the bangle makers of Hyderabad as hundreds of shops lining the renowned Laad Bazaar in the old city will soon be corporatised to facilitate channelling of their ware to upmarket ...

Muhammed Asif’s face has turned red and brown with burns. It is an occupational hazard. He has been using the burning hot coal furnace for 33 years, making bangles out of ‘lac’. This accomplished ...

There is much cacophony around 54-year-old Ghulam Shabbir’s stall. But he is neither selling fabric nor pakoras: his stall is lined with bangles. Circle- and hexagon-shaped bangles, tied in bundles ...

'Hyderabadi bangle's fame, now a circle of shame'. These are on the lines on which activists are planning a campaign to increase consumer awareness about the use of child labour in the making of ...

Discover the mesmerizing process of how beautiful glass bangles are made in this detailed video. From molten glass to exquisite finished pieces, the art of bangle making involves skill, precision, and ...

FIROZABAD: They sat crouched for hours by a burner, inhaling toxic fumes while their deft fingers picked up and moulded the ends of glittering bangles. No longer, though. Dev Pratap Singh, 23, ...

RUMBEK, SOUTH SUDAN — Africa’s longest-running civil war left South Sudan in ruins when it split from the north in 2011. But the country’s artisans are literally picking up the old shell casings from ...