Teaching at Tollinton Market

Farheen Ale Syed’s January 2026 report follows Saleem-ud-Din at a Tollinton Market courtyard workshop in Lahore. He fixes a bamboo spine and cross-spar to coloured paper while teaching participants to make a kite. Din describes leaving kite-making for fruit-cart work before this return to teaching. Lahore Ka Ravi organised the session, with its founder Ghazi Taimoor emphasising reconnection through skill and memory. Younger participants encountered making directly rather than only through family stories. The workshop documented a teacher, materials and learners in one place; it did not establish that every promised revival arrangement subsequently operated.[1]

Learning in Lohgarh

P.K. Jaiswar’s June report traces Jagmohan Kanojia’s learning through another route in Amritsar. His father ran a dry-cleaning business and introduced his interested son to makers in Lohgarh. The craft was therefore learned through an introduction beyond the family’s own occupation. Kanojia describes a sustained commitment to making and developing designs. His expressed wish for official recognition is part of his account of that work, rather than an independently checked history of awards. The example directs attention to the people who make learning possible, as well as to the finished kite.[2]

Orders and enthusiasm

In Vaibhavi Mishra’s August interview, Amritsar maker Harjaap Singh describes a small hand-making team and orders reaching overseas customers. He rejects the idea that migration necessarily ends an interest in flying kites. He also describes enthusiasts gathering to fly together and demand extending beyond one festival. These are his observations, not a survey of every Punjabi market. Singh says he wants his children to continue the profession: this is a hope for succession, not evidence that they already do. His account joins making with customers, sociability and the desire to pass on skilled work.[3]

Sources & notes

Source records include access dates and, where known, limits on what was examined. Checks used AI assistance; independent human or specialist review has not been completed.

  1. Farheen Ale Syed. With Basant’s return, Lahore artisans revive fading kite-making skills ↗Named workshop report · Source date: 2026-01-29 · Locator: Retained lines 31, 37–48, 56–57. Accessed 2026-11-02.The actual workshop report was read. Future festival arrangements, legal status and broad workforce estimates are not adopted.Return to Teaching at Tollinton Market, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. P.K. Jaiswar. Newsmaker of the week: Amritsar kite maker’s four-decade journey wins global recognition ↗Named maker report · Source date: 2026-06-17 · Locator: Retained lines 247–249, 254–256. Accessed 2026-11-02.The actual interview was read. Wishes for recognition are attributed; award and record-book claims are not independently certified.Return to Learning in Lohgarh, paragraph 1 ↑
  3. Vaibhavi Mishra. ‘Nobody sees our hard work’: Meet the people behind India’s colourful kite culture ↗Named maker report · Source date: 2026-08-14 · Locator: Retained lines 121–127; editorial date metadata. Accessed 2026-11-02.The actual written interview and editorial timestamps were read. Stated wishes are not treated as completed succession; numerical output and health claims are excluded.Return to Orders and enthusiasm, paragraph 1 ↑
Help improve this entry. Suggest a correction with a source.
Record PH-CUL-0134 · English edition · human review not performed