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Monday 16 April 2012

Shahtoosh: Can the prized industry be revived again?

Shahtoosh: Can the prized industry be revived again?

Shahtoosh: Can the prized industry be revived again?

 Shahtoosh, the very very name signifies royalty and kingship, a Farsi word meaning 'King of Wools'. And each shawl, delicate and ethereal, costs hundreds of thousands of rupees in the illegal market. But can the shahtoosh industry, banned in India, be revived again by rearing the delicate Chiru antelopes in farms and obtaining their prized fur without killing the animals?

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