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Ever looked down to find your shoes talking to you? No, not in a fever dream but as a result of wearing your kicks to death. While we may have been taught how to sew in childhood, learning to fix ...

Cow, goat, buffalo, or sheep—discarded parts of the hides of these animals are now being used to produce a type of glue known as shirish atha (animal hide adhesive). Several small factories producing ...