British Museum funds research on Kashmir’s last houseboat makers and the vanishing craft
The ceremony of the hull of the houseboat being pushed into the water in Nigeen Lake, in November 2024. | Photo Credit: Anto Gloren and Sayali Athale When you take into account that houseboat construction in Kashmir has been suspended for decades, the Delhi Development Authority’s proposed ₹4-crore houseboat plan (as a permanent fixture at…