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Pune: Kikito & Co. is India’s First Fin-Commerce platform empowering craftsmen/artists by providing a scalable solution of an integrated Marketplace allowing their products to sell globally & Facilitating Business Loans for sustenance & scale.  Kikito & Co , has announced its partnership with  Credy  to disburse loans to its on-boarded artists in India. With a loan size of INR 25,000 and above, the initiative is helping diversified artists who are part of the Kikito & Co’s Marketplace to cater to the increasing demand. With a 30% improvement in revenue Month on Month, Kikito & Co is aiming to onboard and empower as many upcoming artists as possible in order to beautify the routine life of Indian consumers. On asking Vaibhav Prabhune (CEO- Kikito & Co.) he said, “There are so many brilliant artists in India who are unable to manufacture their products and make it available for global audiences to purchase. Our association with Credy wil...

Bashir Ahmad Bhat, who has been associated with the making of Sozni Pashmina Shawls from the last four decades, is an inspirational craftsman. With fewer resources to keep working on his passion and support a family alongside, Bashir faced all odds and managed to strike a balance Bashir's craft being appreciated by a foreign customers (Photo Credits: Aasif Ganaie/Digpu) In Sonpah village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district lives a man who has brought laurels to the State of Jammu & Kashmir on many occasions. His craft in Embroidery has not only been appreciated at national and international events but has also enabled him to make a living out of his passion. Bashir Ahmad Bhat , who has been associated with the making of  Sozni Pashmina Shawls  from the last four decades, is an inspirational craftsman. With fewer resources to keep working on his passion and support a family alongside, Bashir faced all odds and managed to strike a balance. Bashir Ahmed Bhat At Work...

Working in his cramped shop on one of his most expensive shawls, an old-timer craftsman – Abdul Majeed Shah – seems quite cut off from the world outside. The focus on work hides his underlying excitement quite easily. He is just months away from finishing work on the shawl that is pre-sold to a trader for a hefty amount of Rs. 1,15,000. Adopted by a couple at a tender age of 18 months, Abdul Majeed lived in Srinagar till he grew old. After setting up a small shop in Pulwama, the veteran craftsman moved to Tenghar village of the south Kashmir district. Abdul Majeed Shah – Digpu “I have been working for more than 40 years and continued with the craft out of my love and passion for this. Otherwise, the consistently declining earnings presented many challenges which nearly choked me financially,” he says. An Ethereal Marvel Created By Shah That Will Remain For Generations Altogether About his latest assignment, Majeed says, “The shawl is pre-sold to a trader in Srinagar. It has t...