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Digital Prints Now Imitate Block Work as India Reweighs Handmade Value

Digital Prints Now Imitate Block Work as India Reweighs Handmade Value

India's craft sector employs millions of women in home-based work, often paid by the piece and rarely counted in corporate accountability. As machine-made imitations spread, the question of fair pay grows sharper. Katherine Neuman, who runs House of Wandering Silk in Delhi, examines how replication, pricing and storytelling together decide the fortunes of traditional makers.

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Subir Ghosh
Subir Ghosh

Subir Ghosh is a Kolkata-based independent journalist, author and researcher. He has been writing since 1991 on corporate accountability, industrial policy, sustainability, the environment, conflict and cinema, and has written or co-written seven books. This site collects his published work from 1991 onwards.

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Grand Illusion
On the Face of it
Dream Machine
Gone with the Seam
Subir Ghosh in Numbers

Subir Ghosh has been a journalist since 1991, writing on corporate accountability, industrial policy, sustainability, the environment, conflict and cinema.

35
years in journalism
7
books written or co-written
4
publications founded and run
2
national awards

Full biography, career record and CV

Commissioned Directly

Subir Ghosh takes on journalism, research, writing and speaking assignments directly.

Journalism
Reported features, investigations, analysis and interviews
Research
Commissioned studies, media content analysis, documents-based investigation
Writing
Ghostwriting, institutional reports, editing, content strategy
Speaking
Talks, panels, moderation, newsroom workshops

Subjects, formats and how commissions work

Latest Additions: Archives
Books Reviewed / Mentioned
Finding Delhi
Domestic Environment and Health of Women and Children
Water Watch
Twisting the Lion's Tail
Childhood Days
Acting Smart
Prey by the Ganges
Do Population Policies Matter
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Larger publishing, design, web and risk projects are delivered by Inscriptions, the consultancy he directs.

Publishing
Contract and custom publishing, from commissioning to press
Design
Editorial design for magazines, reports and books
Digital
Drupal websites built for structured content and scale
Risk
Political risk assessment grounded in on-the-ground reporting

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