Arifa Jan
Arifa Jan | |
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Born | c. 1987 |
Nationality | Indian |
Known for | reviving handicrafts in India |
Arifa Jan (born c. 1987) is an Indian activist for felt rug making in Srinagar in Kashmir. Jan was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar on 8 March 2020.
Life
Arifa Jan was born c. 1987. She is known for reviving the Kashmiri art of rug making known as Namda.[1] She graduated from the Craft Development Institute, Srinagar and she was involved in a project based on Namda textiles.[2] Namda rugs have been made since the 11th century and they are not woven but felted; layers of wool fibre are beaten together and then brightly embroidered. The older areas of Srinagar are known for this, but some skills like dyeing are no longer popular careers.[3]
She has created three manufacturing facilities that employ 25 people and 100 women have been trained to produce these felted rugs. The first of the facilities was in the old part of Srinagar known as Sekidafar and later she created similar organisations in two other areas of Srinagar, Noorbagh and Nawa Kadal.[2]
Jan became one of what was called the "Magnificent Seven". These were seven women chosen to handle the Prime Minister's account on Women's Day. The others were Chennai-based social worker Sneha Mohandoss, bomb blast survivor Malvika Iyer, Kashmiri Numdha mushroom farmer Bina Devi, urban water conservationist Kalpana Ramesh, Maharashtra Banjara handicraft promotor Vijaya Pawar and lady mason Kalavati Devi.[4]
On the same day she was given the Nari Shakti Puraskar.[5] President Ram Nath Kovind awarded her one of twelve awards. The awards were made on International Women's Day in New Delhi.[6]
References
- ^ "Arifa Jan's journey: From reviving 'Namda' art to Nari Shakti Puraskar". Deccan Herald. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Arifa Jan's journey: From reviving 'Namda' art to Nari Shakti Puraskar". Deccan Herald. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Namda - The traditional felted craft of Kashmir". Hindustan Times. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Get out, work yourself: 'Mushroom Mahila' message to women | INDIA New England News". indianewengland.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Dainik Bhaskar Hindi. "Women's Day 2020: President Kovind awarded Nari Shakti Puraskar to Bina Devi and many women | Women's Day 2020: 103 वर्षीय मान कौर को नारी शक्ति पुरस्कार, 'मशरूम महिला' भी सम्मानित - दैनिक भास्कर हिंदी". bhaskarhindi.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Meet the 7 women achievers who took over PM Modi's social media accounts on Women's Day: PM Modi's 'magnificent seven'". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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