Luxury Craft and Art Industry in India | by Cultural Mosaic Written by | Gaurav Mathur , Edited By | Sneha Rajadhyaksha India’s industrialization and participation in the modern world economy is decades old. Nevertheless, millions of Indians still depend on indigenous modes of production, traditional skills and techniques to make a living based on handmade products. These craftspeople and artisans are the backbone of the non-farming rural economy. Despite some instances of well-known and avant- garde design houses using handmade products and successful crafts-based businesses like Swapnil Saundarya Label , the majority of craft production remains unorganized and informal with its full market potential untapped, especially by the artisan, who more often than not struggles for sustenance. Propelled by loss of markets, declining skills and difficulty catering to new markets, a large number of artisans have moved to urban centers in search of low, unskilled employment in industry...