In the early 1940s, Veerjibhai Chauhan would travel with his parents from his village Meghpar in Jamnagar district (in present-day Gujarat) to Sindh and Karachi (now in Pakistan) in search of work. The family was impoverished and working as daily wagers was the only way to make ends meet.
The Chauhans would go in search of work by boat and the journey would take seven to eight hours. “There was little employment in Meghpar. My forefathers worked as daily wagers in Karachi and Sindh,” says Kartikbhai Chauhan, Veerjibhai’s grandson.
After the Partition of India in 1947, Kartikbhai’s uncle Hirabhai Chauhan shifted from the village to Jamnagar town in search of work. What finally lifted the Chauhans out of poverty was their traditional applique craft -- in which a piece of fabric is sewn over another larger fabric to create decorative textiles. Read the full story here:
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