Tag: Pashmina shawls

Can desi oon take on pashmina?

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[ad_1] Growing up, I swaddled myself in my grandmother’s pashmina shawls on cold Delhi winter evenings. I had yet to discover the largely unexplored vocabulary of indigenous wool or desi oon. India has one of the world’s largest and culturally diverse pastoralist populations. For centuries, shepherds and their flocks have ambled over difficult terrains, from the […]

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Pashmina shawls have Shahtoosh guard hair, say Customs officials; all fluff, counter traders and artisans

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[ad_1] Obsolete testing technique leading to ‘false positive’ for presence of banned Shahtoosh guard hair, say traders Obsolete testing technique leading to ‘false positive’ for presence of banned Shahtoosh guard hair, say traders Traders of universally-prized Pashmina shawls are complaining that “obsolete testing methods” have resulted in many of their export consignments being flagged for […]

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