Muhammed Asif’s face has turned red and brown with burns. It is an occupational hazard. He has been using the burning hot coal furnace for 33 years, making bangles out of ‘lac’. This accomplished ...

There seems to be a change in the air in the west lanes of Charminar. Laad Bazaar, most popular for shiny bangles, pearls, and khada dupattas, is now abuzz with another new element: live bangle-making ...

Even as the first batch of 82 children, rescued from bangle-making units in Hyderabad, head back home to Bihar, shocking details have emerged that about 30 per cent of the rescued children had been ...

HYDERABAD: There was a period when the demand for lac bangles was immense and those who were associated with that profession used to earn huge money. HYDERABAD: There was a period when the demand for ...

There is much cacophony around 54-year-old Ghulam Shabbir’s stall. But he is neither selling fabric nor pakoras: his stall is lined with bangles. Circle- and hexagon-shaped bangles, tied in bundles ...

'Hyderabadi bangle's fame, now a circle of shame'. These are on the lines on which activists are planning a campaign to increase consumer awareness about the use of child labour in the making of ...