Onsite preparation of glass bangles has become a major attraction at Sheesh Mahal during the ongoing Crafts Mela. A Delhi-based family which is in the business since 66 years is selling jointless ...

Glass bangles are popular accessories for millions of women in India. Making them exposes workers to scorching hot furnaces, broken glass, and dangerous fumes — all for less than $10 a day. We went ...

Making glass bangles is often a labour of love. Each bangle passes through the hands of 60 workers before reaching the market for sale. There are more than 39 different processes involved, each ...

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 ...

Speaking about the industry's evolution, Altaf, a bangle shop owner, said their "ancestors started making bangles in Pali around 1938. Initially, coconut bangles were common, followed by the ...

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 ...

Aamir Khan’s bazaar cart looks uncommon. Unlike most carts in the vicinity, here in Shivaji Market, it isn’t weighed down with mounds of grapes. It is instead loaded with thousands of bangles from ...