Kashmiri artist bags national award in Papier Mache craft Archives

Minister for Public Works, Floriculture and Gardens & Parks, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari has congratulated Syed Maqbool Hussain Rizvi on his bagging the national award for excellence in Papier Mache craft. Wishing Hussain a continuing successes, Bukhari assured the artisans pursuing various crafts like Papier Machie, Khatamband, Pashmina shawls, Copper works, Wood works, and all other skills “who were left to live in an atmosphere of despondency and scarcity of resources” that the present dispensation shall explore all possibilities to address their grievances. “The state government is conscious…