Tracing the last of Raj-era silversmiths

Kolkata : A quiet revolution is unfolding in Mamata Banerjee’s backyard, courtesy her own MSME department. The department’s retail body, Biswa Bangla Marketing Corporation, has started reviving a vanishing craft that is delightfully British, tracing the last of the Raj-era silversmiths — Maheswar Dutta — at Kansaripara. TOI found Bengal’s only surviving “Sheffield craftsman” inside … Continue reading Tracing the last of Raj-era silversmiths