The erstwhile haveli near Pahari now has different families of zardozi workers/makers living in its different quarters. The family of Naved lives in one room with extended dal’ans and open kitchen, he lives with his parents and two siblings, one brother who teaches in a coaching institute and runs the family and his teenage sister who sometimes helps him with his work depending on her mood. His parents used to work, only one of their children got educated, the rest of them kept working in the embroidery business. It was not as bad before but with the changes in styles and fabrics, embroidery lost much of its market. Some of the things still get exported, but the costs for the raw materials have gone high. Only Naved now is engaged full time in making embroidery. Long working hours and age has affected the eye-sight of both his parents.
The
work that he showed us was for a bag and it had taken him two days almost of many
working hours apart from the raw material (Chinese raw material is cheap but low
in quality, as per Naved).
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