TO GO WITH; INDIA-PAKISTAN-INDUSTRY-WOOL-CULTURE-FASHION FEATURE BY SAJJAD QAYYUM

In this photograph taken on August 20, 2013 a local artisan weaves a Kashmir Pashmina shawl on a traditional handloom in Srinagar.  Weavers have produced exquisite shawls in Kashmir for centuries, but their craft risks dying out in the face of cheap foreign imports and a young generation uninterested in mastering the skill.    AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA        (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)