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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Sheer determination to save the dying 'papier-mache' art has led two brothers in Jammu and Kashmir to learn the ropes of the craft, introduce latest designs and patterns and advertise the products on social media, thus making it a profitable pursuit. India News | J-K: Two Brothers' Quest to Keep Papier-mache Craft Alive and Economically Viable.

Hashim and Maisar, both residents of Hassanabad locality of the city, learnt the craft from their father Shabir Hussain Khan who has been into the craft for the last 50 years.

Sheetal Mhatre, spokesperson for the Shinde group, tweeted: “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj built Hindu Swaraj on this soil. Were you born in this soil of Maharashtra? Is this your Hindutva ideology?”

The budget allocated for the development and propagation of Urdu language to the National Council for the Promotion of Urdu Language, which comes under the Ministry of Education, could not be used due to the absence of a general body at the institution. In such a situation, experts and linguists are raising doubts about the government's intention.

On the bicentenary of the Urdu press in India, it is sad to note that there is now no major Urdu newspaper or magazine that is edited by a non-Muslim. In the past 75 years, the culture of Urdu magazines read by families of all faiths has disappeared.