Goldsmiths in Telangana: Grief beneath the glitter

Once the trusted makers of wedding ornaments and cultural heirlooms, generations of artisanal goldsmiths in Telangana are abandoning their ancestral craft and fading into the shadows. Crushed by corporate competition, shifting consumer choices, rising gold prices and the absence of institutional support, many have been driven into debt and despair. P. Laxma Reddy highlights the silent death of local goldsmithing in a golden boom

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