Assisted by his wife, curd pot maker in Chennai supplies stock regularly to star hotel
K. Manohar, a 65-year-old artisan in Chennai, continues a 50-year-old family business of crafting clay curd pots. Despite rising costs and changing market dynamics, he maintains a steady supply to a local star hotel with the help of his wife.
Why it matters
It provides a human-interest look at the survival of traditional artisanal crafts in an increasingly modernized urban economy.
A resident of Maavadi Vinayagar Koil Street at Balaji Nagar in Royapettah , K. Manohar has been in the business of making small curd pots ( dahi handi ). Having seen 65 summers, Manohar has witnessed the vicissitudes of time, as has his business alongside him, which is obviously younger than him but not significantly. The business keeps “firing”, showing no signs of ageing; it is 50 years old.
The article is a neutral human-interest feature story with no political or ideological agenda.
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