How One Town Keeps India's 500-year-old Papermaking Industry Alive | Still Standing
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- Paper factories in Sanganer, India still produce each sheet one by one. The industry has withstood colonization and foreign competition since papermaking communities first arrived in India around the 16th century. We went inside Kalpana Handmade Paper Industries to see how the craft is still standing.
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How One Town Keeps India's 500-year-old Papermaking Industry Alive | Still Standing
I am an manufacturer of wedding cards in Delhi ,India.
We are using Handmade papers since 1994, I can definitely tell you one thing that Handmade paper has it’s own Charm.
Coming up on 30 yrs! Congrats to you and your company! Hope the future brings you many blessings!
Apni shadi ka card tere se hi chapwaunga
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As an artist, handmade paper is a pleasure to use. Great video covering a fascinating topic!
What's the difference?
@@aleale6277 • Texture, added artifacts (rose petals, twigs, sparkles, etc.), the knowledge that it's recycled, raw borders. I've made paper sheets at home, but not with the skill that these folks employ.
@@jakemoeller7850 Thank you for highlighting these differences.
Where can you buy it? Is it expensive compared to traditional paper canvas?
@@jakemoeller7850 damn you showed him
Wow. I love how India is so determined to keep old traditions alive. I wanna visit India one day. India is so magical and filled colors 💯
I'm Indian and I thank you for your positive comments about india 😄
But we also have down sides too.
Anyways, thank you!
@@titaniumfalcon8670 every country having some good or bad things... everyone has good or bad things.. but when talking about good thing there is some sense not to open ass
Welcome Friend will host your stay here!! Welcome
@@pavantuptewar3426 that's the point.....
You have to look at a whole picture instead of half of it.....
Hoping that you'll have a great time here in India ❤️
You are always welcome v
It's amazing how most of these "still standing" episodes comes from places in India. As someone who is originally from India, kinda makes me happy to see this. Hope their government incentivises people like them so, they don't get discouraged
Yes same. Our country romanticized & implemented western products & culture wayyyy too fast. But I def see a rise in interest w the current generation in not wanting to succumb to western culture.
Dovydas maybe read a book about the lasting impacts of imperialism and barbaric acts of violence inflicted on the people of colonized nations by European empires. 400 years of violence and savagery cannot be recovered from overnight
Dovydas progress and evolve into what? A mindless corporate slave with a 9-5 job to pay taxes thats used for further imperialism & exploitation of the planet’s resources like they do in the west? Maybe your mind should progress and evolve out of the west’s capitalistic prison with no culture or heritage & severely stunted emotional intelligence
@@kayalvizhi7611 don't waste ur time on these guys they think colonization was a good think they haven't de-colonized their mind
@@clashoflands True. They still reap the benefits of their ancestors' crimes so they'll never accept that truth
As a Kosovan architect, I love to use paper for sketches and drawings, I can't wait when I go to India to buy and try this paper.
Go to India to buy paper? Why not just order it online from them. It'll be a lot cheaper and better for the environment.
@@obiwan5781 he is talking about visiting this place
@@UnKnown-id7ih Yes, I want to visit the beautiful India.
@@dennynikaj You're welcome. I hope you have a good time
Kosovo is Serbia
This is a good example of using waste to make something new. It takes scraps before they get into the oceans or landfills, eliminating complicated collection and purification steps that make some processes unviable. And high quality paper is made from cotton anyways so it really is a win-win.
97% of word's paper is recycled anyway. Landfill problem is different, plastics and other non biodegradable things.
Well, before we can say that this is eco-friendly or not, we have to think about what environmental problems this process may cause. Sure, it reduces waste but does it use a ton of water? Does it use a ton of energy?
@@frommarkham424 These environmental problems would stay the same even if the paper was made from fresh cotton or wood pulp and the harvesting of these raw materials would have a much greater impact.
Western countries used to do it as well when they used only cotton and wool for most clothing. However, the raise of man-made oil-based clothing materials change everything. These clothese are too expensive to recycle, so most of it is dumped or re-sold to poor countries before finally getting dump there.
I used this paper once in a while for watercolor for the past 4 years . The colors look amazing and it’s super easy and fast to do the artwork. Because the paper it’s super resistant and you don’t have to worry about overworking it . Also after it’s done it looks good just by himself . Not need of expensive frame if you don’t want it . That’s amazing to see how it is done 🙏🏽
I would love to get my hands on some of it for painting
Have you used Chitrapat paper for watercolor or sketching, it's handmade.
@Matthew Feldvari Not really, search for Chitrapat paper, it can be used for watercolor and sketching.
@@Rudra0141 no i haven't since I don't know where in india i could buy it from and not many indian friends
What's the name of the brand?
I love handmade Indian paper…it’s absolutely gorgeous. I have some pieces I’ve never used because they are too beautiful to cut!
Another fact, there are production units making handmade paper like this all over India, so there is no single town keeping the tradition portrayed in the video alive. Sorry, but as a researcher on handmade paper, this type of sensationalistic video title really frustrates me.
@Wayne Flanigan So, this paper factory is located in a small village that has a number of other paper factories around making different types of paper. The output of this village combined might be above average, but India has a lot of these areas where paper is made.
Ikrrr. I’ve lived in almost all corners of the country and have seen this happen everywhere. Not as common as it was earlier but it still isn’t rare.
Also, crediting Mahatma gandhi for "saving" the industry is a bit much.
@@sidv4615 Some one must have gone to rajasthan for a vacation, and landed up here!!. The 500 year old dying art and this being the hub etc must have been sold to them. good story for a video still, but not accurate.
@@AP-do6sv There is in fact a unit there making actual traditional paper, but it is only one. Historically Sanganer was and still is a very important place for papermaking.
It's funny how Small businesses and everyday people are more concious about waste and it's recycle while the companies that make bulk of the pollution are not concerned about it beyond tv adverts,
Just recently saw that a Company has been running empty flights just so it doesn't lose it's spot at heathrow or some other british airport, but I'm supposed to be guilty for leaving my light on for 10 seconds after i left my room.
Indian rivers are totally toxic from small businesses dumping chemicals and waste in the rivers. Paper making requires a lot of chlorine and other chemicals to make the pump white.
Indian rivers are the dirtiest in the world, businesses and normal people use them as rubbish dumps
@@tubester4567 yeah, India is also the third-largest carbon polluter in the world
@@fourdoorsmorehoes India's per capita carbon emission is much less
@@fourdoorsmorehoes US and other developed countries has much higher per capita carbon emission. However, i think india has worse water pollution
@@fourdoorsmorehoes 1.4 billion people , what do you expect?
I love India. What an original place this is.
🖤
This is intresting its amazing
Let's give them a round of applause for still do there tradition after 500 years
round of applause
You mean a round of applause?
Yea sorry changed it now
Why should we give applause for using outdated and obsolete tech thats like giving applause to someone uaing a nokia from 2000
@@raizelshadez3122 LOL says the guy who practices a religion that keeps barbaric traditions alive
to be honest, whatever technology comes in future, writing and drawing on a piece of paper is always more satisfying then doing all that in iPad, as an engineering student, i have to draw multiple diagrams, even tho it's half the effort in ipad, still that feeling i get after completing drawing with pencil on A3 sheet is so satisfying.
Well said
Writing is also an expression of ones' own individuality. Everyone's handwriting is different and shows the person's own personality.
Remarquable is a great scripture tablet, way better than papers.
For me, it's half-half. Drawing on paper has a different feel to drawing on a tablet, but they both feel good. And the feeling differs from medium to medium and tool to tool. For paper, are you using high grade professional paper or cheap copy paper? Are you using a good quality pencil or something out of a dollar store? Same with digital. Are you using a drawing tablet or just a regular iPad? Are you using a stylus, your fingers, or a mouse? All sorts of factors come into play.
@underground leaks 101 don't drink so much that you can't figure out where you are commenting 🤷🏻♂️
Good to see Indian handicraft vids :)
A leaf of paper is amongst one of the most beautiful things essential to civilisation.
Yet Socrates regarded writing things down as a sign of degeneration of the mind
@@nandakumar8936 He was wrong. Hand writing is an expression of the personality of the writer. It is a very important part of us being humans and our individuality.
I love this series, and also the waste series-- and this video seems to combine both! Their paper is beautiful, and I feel like there is definitely a use for this kind of paper vs. paper that comes from mills. I hope they have business for many more years.
You are being dramatic, paper is paper, not "beautiful". This has no benefit over industrially made paper. It's a giant waste of time and manual labor. We live in the 21st century, paper is efficiently mass produced in all forms and shape.
@@skyhappy It must be really sad to see no beauty in the world.
@@Leslie-wb8cb I'm talking about this handmade paper painstakingly made for no reason, lol. You should read my comment before replying :).
@@skyhappy 1) you cannot efficiently mass produce everything. 2) mass production tends to be very inefficient when you consider shipping of raw and final goods. 3) you don't get to tell other people that they aren't allowed to have specialty paper simply because you don't think its appealing.
Its also worth noting the industrial process kills entry level jobs and forces businesses to support engineering salaries.
@@oedhelsetren If you think for half a second, this video is about paper and paper has been mass produced for many decades. Shipping is clearly something different from production. You sound bitter about human technological progress. You should live on a farm without modern farming technology.
When it's come to save environment, these guys are Real Avengers.
With million gallons of water waste
@@Leezeo I assume you're a non vegetarian, go and have fact check how much water is wasted to produce your 1kg of beef.
@@Leezeo 😂 Oh man they're not using harsh chemicals
@@rajgoyal108 Why would you assume he's non-vegetarian and he consumes beef? How does stationery compare to sustenance?
@@John_C_J he is talking about wastage of water, well even if he is a vegetarian or a vegan, doesn't he takes bath? Why doesn't he avoid bathing and save that gallons of water instead? I didn't talked about sustenance, Lee talked about.
WOW didn’t know it was possible to make paper by hand lol. Really appreciate them using recycled fabric with minimum supplies, and the owner’s positivity!
Are you kidding? India is one of the fastest polluting countries in the world
@@NiceTryAmigo Per capita ?
@@NiceTryAmigo Europe and America was fastest polluter in 19th and 20th century. You should have stopped first.
@@moonlighmax they're still major polluters technically.
@@NiceTryAmigo Pollution problems can be solved. Losing traditional industries and techniques is way more difficult to fix. Respect for ones' own culture is important, something people in the West have gradually lost.
God bless India.
I love India. I love hard working people of my land
I buy handmade paper from India for watercolour painting. The texture and weight of the sheets is wonderful, and world apart from the mass produced watercolour pads available in my area.
These papers are used in wedding cards as well. And I remember rich kids used to make presentation/projects on this kinda paper.
I use them time to time too, Im not rich tho. Im middle classed.
Same feeling bro
Rich kids? I used this paper a lot and I am thoroughly middle class.
@@Rimjhim3005 same. im middle classed too and i still use them a lot, have tons of them with me rn
Na man handmade paper was cheap back in the days. I think a chart paper costed 20 rs. But the quality was nice
Thanks to the owner of this facility for keeping this operational. It is really nice to have the opportunity to be able to view videos like these. Sending my gratitude to all the workers who are making this paper. Namaste 🙏
I love the creative craftsmanship of India!
Glad to see their adapting with technology while still keeping tradition, I've never seen specialty paper with rose petals!
Each n every person in Bharat should be inspired from these great people .
Beautiful. We all need to support local businesses
Wish we could've seen the flower paper.
I wanted to see it too.
Me too
wow. Such an interesting and informative video. As an Indian, I’ve learned something new today
you don't know your country enough
@@bora--bora We all know some things and dont know other things. I hate bastards like you who critique others based on a completely random thing they didnt know about.
@@bora--bora India is a country with thousands of language, different cultures, religion, food habits, geographics etc. It's a mini world with 1.4B population. So it's common for an Indian belonging to a particular culture knowing something new about other Indian things
@@bora--bora trust me u never know India enough! There’s A LOT going on!
Ikr. People in urban areas have no clue what's going on.
I have been using hand made paper since childhood. This has a very different texture that sets it apart. It’s nice to see the process of paper making from scraps.
I hope you do calligraphy on those papers.
Love seeing handmade items. The ways of the past need to be respected... And preserved
Which ways?
Wow, My Malayalam teacher gifted me handmade paper after an essay writing competition when I was studying in 8th standard. I still have it with me. It has got a good fragrance and it is very different, harder and little rough compared to machine made paper.
You can get it in any stationary shop in 10rs. Not that valuable
Every heard anything about emotions?😒@@AtharvaAgarwal
Those ornaments were beautiful!! 😍😍
In Ukraine we have a place for tourists(Radomysl castle) where anyone can take part in making such paper. The place is known since 1612.
Amazing
Amazing, and we thank Ukraine for helping india with modern military technology.
@@tiaussardar8192 aye haye che
@aravind rakesh Most of the indian navy ships have engines from Ukraine. Ukraine can make gas turbine engines better than Russia.
@aravind rakesh brother even the latest shivalik classes have Ukrainian engines.
What i like about handmase stuff is that it gives many ppl job opportunities. Pretty sweet
You can tell these people have great passion, love and respect for paper
As a Indian I love the videos about my mother land. Thanks for making many videos about my country. I really enjoyed and appreciated of your videos. Jay Jagannath 🙏.
Jay Jagannath
Jay Jagannath 🙏🙏
Jai Jagannath Ji, Jai Maa Bharati.
Jai Jagannath, Jai shree ram
If this was made in Japan, we’d hear about why it’s hundred times more expensive than regular paper and why those two skilled guys come from 7 generations of skilled paper makers 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
And they'd call themselves artisans and come up with some bs zen paper making philosophy. Lol I absolutely hear you
Japan's shit is gold and India's gold is shit.
This fucked up mindset has made hard for world to differentiate between good and bad things.
@@swapnilchaudhari9555
"Japan's shit is gold and India's gold is shit." -> This is called inventing shit to stir hate, in your lingo.
I'm afraid to inform you it's your mind which is f&$ked up.Please do the world a favour and keep your messed up mind to affairs of your own messed up sub continent.
@@obiwan88 what I said was allready present and I just put it in words.
No i will not keep my mind to affair indian subcontinent because i love reading about gun shooting,killing of black people and roaming homeless people in USA.
Also about not so good freedom of speech in China lol
Hahaha. That’s why Japanese so reluctant live outside. Their skill mean nothing in other countries, especially 3rd world country
I thought all of the papers came from trees and recycled paper waste. It's good to know that there are some other sources of it like garments and such. Kudos to Indian workers who work hard and proudly compete to other manufacturers.
Historically, a lot of paper came from reusing fabric in this way. It hasn't always been made from trees.
@@RTCPhotoWork paper is just cellulose fibers, which can come from many sources.
Incredible ❤
I love the smile of female workers ❤😘
These are tradiones that should be protected, preserved and uplifted. Thank you team BI.
I really love my country India, Japan and the middle East (especially Iraq, Iran and Palestine) for still preserving their own culture. More people in the respective countries need to know about these ancient traditions and encourage it in their own country as well as outside.
🇮🇳 🇯🇵🇮🇶🇵🇸🇮🇷
Handmade paper is so beautiful! Glad to see how it's still being made and that these people are very proud of their work. I've always loved the paper with rose petals in it. I hope this location will be around for a very long time to come!
Kudos to the producers at business insider! Gratitude from Jaipur India 🙏🏻❤️ for bringing limelight of international audience to these people. Acknowledgement helps gud work sustain. I love this series
Love this!! I hope your business flourishes as well at your employees
Would have liked to see the finished rose petal paper
Me too
Thank the gods there are still people keeping handmade items alive. India is my hero-country for doing this difficult work and using recycled materials. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
This series is getting addicting. To think at one point. All these small simple luxuries we have now like pen and paper required heavy labor to make it happen. Bless their souls
I loved this video so much; I watched twice 😉 everything hand made is unvaluable, a rare and wonderful thing these days
This is awesome! I love this hand crafted one.🥰 Keep the old tradition alive, one day it will boom again.
i really enjoy this kind of videos from you guys ! pls never stop creating, thx
Paper made from fabric waste, truly wonderful!! This should be appreciated 👏
I use these papers for journals! Its texture is amazing
Cool! I love watching videos that show me unique jobs that one would normally think aren't around anymore ❤ 😀
If they ship all over the world, where can i buy something from them?!
Maybe you should Google the name of the company... You can also make paper yourself... I have already..
Website is given in description.
Back when I was 13, we had to choose a science project based on some kind of manufacturing process and present your findings to the class. I chose paper making. Learning about the pulp, aligning the strands with a home made tool (nails in a piece of plywood) and the different additives to strengthen or clean the pulp. I learnt a lot and people enjoyed feeling the paper samples I had made. It's no easy task.
I really enjoy these episodes about the traditional industry. so much hard work & craftmanship to appreciate. thank you for sharing.
Taiwan has quite a few hand-made paper mill too!! Taiwan is also a place where people care about protecting traditions and is a beautiful place. Please feel free to explore the beautiful cultures and 100 year old stores in Taiwan!!
taiwan is a country with a strong spine. Which can't be said for most of the big rich countries now
@@arjunarun9147 Taiwan is a province in the country of China.
@@PChan-yt4uf oh keybord warrior of the CCP spotted
@@aaditrangnekar Oh, a troll of the US goverment spotted.
@@PChan-yt4uf MORE LIKE A TROLL OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHO ISNT IN DEBT OF CHINA SPOTTED YEAH?
I'm always very impressed how clean the workers Stay in the old school manufacturing facilities
why?
Your still standing is one of your best creations now I feel that subscribing your channel was worth it
Replacing leather or plastic, handmade paper is used as an exterior shell to the corp diaries they give out, it not only looks good also helps people like these enterprises.
Handmade papers really adds tonal value and blends easily while shading
Thanks for sharing a gem like this. Would love to start using these handmade papers!
Good for you for keeping hand made paper alive, I wish your business long life.
just imagine the price if these paper is made in Japan from Paper Master with 30+ years of experience.
Amazing. I have a suggestion - Request you to share the details to get in touch with them. One can be eco-friendly and also help such a dying craft.
Check the description
Pride at the job you do. Agree with you i wish many can see feel the same way. Interesting video
World needs more people like these guys.
Honestly more paper companies should be like this. The paper industry is terrible for the world
in an alternate universe " this old tradition in Japan is passed down from centuries even one sheet can cost upto 100$ "
😂😂
so true. most overrated overpriced shit comes from there.
Thank you for giving this to the world!
Great to see these 500 year old electronic machines..
Big applause👏 for them.
I remember when I was around 12 years , I used to make my own paper at home ! It was so much fun
We need this more in America
Love seeing stuff recycled!
Thank you Business Insider for bringing these stories on International Platform.
So good to hear that this has a bright future in market due to demands. Great work by all of them👏👏
I really love rough edged paper ..very aesthetically appealing
I love these papers in school we use to decorate boards with them and make crafts
It’s so cool that it’s all made with recycled material. To take scraps and make art is incredible.
Kudos! 👏
I wish they had shown how the special paper with rose petals look
Very impressive. Thank you for keeping this tradition alive and making paper from waste in an ecofriendly way..
Safety and old technology is clesrly visible
Imagine that one strand of fabric having been recycled 1000 times before actually being used and sold lol
Pretty sure the British pulling out was what caused the local business to start up again, not just Ghandi saying that handmade paper was good.
It took them decades to restart. Gandhi & other local leaders gave initial push, he died too soon
@yamete kudasai little knowing is a dangerous thing.
@yamete kudasai Two sides to every story… if you don’t know about both of the sides it’s better to keep your Half knowledge to your self bro.
@yamete kudasai Gandhi wasn’t secular, lol. He was also casteist. About Godse, he accepted and was proud of his decision. I don’t condone it, but he didn’t run away or kill Gandhi in secrecy. While Nehru kept giving away SC Bose related secret information to British. Nehru killed Bose. What about that. Indira knew Shashtri was killed, why she didn’t ask for investigation? And why didn’t Gandhi negotiate for Bhagat Singh’s mercy plea? Got answers?
@yamete kudasai I consider the guy who murdered Mountbatten and anyone in his scheme of dividing India as heroes.
Wow I am soo happy to see this video. It reminded me of my school days when I used to buy these sheets for my craftwork and projects. It has a pleasant fragrance. I still have those craftworks and projects with me now.
Good old days ❤️
सभी कर्मचारियों और पेपर कंपनी मालिक को उज्जवल भविष्य की शुभकामनाएं
टेक्नोलॉजी के इस जमाने में आप हैंड मेड चीजों को इतना बढ़ावा दे रहे हैं और इससे लोगो को अधिक मात्रा में रोगजार मिल रहा है एक बहुत ही अच्छी पहल
You should add links or details so we can purchase from or support these businesses
Just google the name of the company in the video
The link is given in the description bro :)
To create anything by hand becomes infused with the energy and love it took to create it. It is precious to the creator and a gift to the receiver. We must never let hand-made items fall by the wayside, as they are a precious expression of us x
Maine ye video dekhi or mere dimag mai ek baat ayi paper use krte hai study ke liye or jo ye paper bna rahe hai vo ik greeb log hai or khi baar hum ine bol dete hai k tumhe kya pta paper kya hota hau tumhare bas ki baat nahien es pr likhna jo ki bhut sare log bolte hai bt jo log paper bnate hai unki tra hum kaam n kr skhte thanks to them ❤️
They're proud as they should be. Thankyou you guys this makes me emotional. Thankyou so much 💗🙏
I wanted to see the rose paper finished!🌹
Beautiful
I have handmade paper notebook that i keep for sketching and painting and believe me it is so much better than regular paper...the paper itself gives an identity to the pages and the paintings look so much better
Rose patel with paper was somethings very new for me. We learn and discover india every day.
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I love my paper without being cut, let the craftsmanship show.
I have used these papers and these are literally the best.