Toymakers of Chitrakoot struggle to craft a living as children increasingly switch to modern toys

Cultural changes and urbanisation have led to a shrinking market for the wooden handicrafts and a decline in the number of traditional toymakers.

Jigyasa Mishra

· Apr 16, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Video: This is Europe’s last surviving shop repairing old fountain pens and mechanical pencils

This small store in Croatia is run by an old woman who repairs pens which can no longer be serviced even by the original manufacturers.

Reuters

· Feb 17, 2018 · 04:37 pm

Video: Meet the man who drew Sachin Tendulkar with a typewriter

For 50 years, Chadrakant Bhide has been making portraits using the ‘@’, ‘x’ and ‘-’ symbols on the typewriter.

Omkar Phatak

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Sujit Lad

· Sep 24, 2017 · 09:00 am

Photos: Behind the scenes at India's great circuses

A photographer captures the stories of performers in the ring.

Mridula Chari

· Jan 23, 2015 · 07:15 am