7 Traditional Jobs That Are Slowly Disappearing in India

By siliconindia  |   Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 23:18 IST
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Calligrapher:





Calligraphy is an art of producing decorative handwriting which is now unhurriedly fading. Today, most of the calligraphers in India are Urdu language writers, however Calligraphers who write regional languages can be found everywhere in India but the irony is that numbers are easily countable. The engrossment of digital technology on exchanging information has had an adverse impact on the Calligrapher profession.



Broom Maker:





Just a decade ago, every household needed a Broomstick, but today plastic brooms are mostly preferred by the customers in the market. Hence, conventional wooden broomstick is now out of demand, as a result Broomstick makers are now facing huge setbacks in their business. The effect is pushing Broomstick makers quit their respective profession and look for the new one.



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