All work and no play for cricket ball makers

17 Jul 2023

The shiny red ball at the centre of a game of cricket, is made by highly skilled craftsmen in Meerut district who work long hours tanning, greasing, cutting, stitching, shaping, lacquering and stamping it. Despite the glamour surrounding the game, this continues to be a caste-based occupation

Authors

Shruti Sharma,Riya Behl

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India
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