Muslim Artisans, Craftsmen and Traders : Issues in Entrepreneurship
Contents: Foreword. 1. Introduction: economic backwardness of Indian Muslims--role of society and state/Abdul Waheed. 2. Development of entrepreneurship: educational strategy for Muslims/M.M. Ansari. 3. Rich dividends through modernisation/Maqbool Ahmed Siraj. 4. The decline of tanneries of Dindigul: a study of entrepreneurial problems/M.S. Kitchlu. 5. An ethnographic profile of the Chekketakare: stone carvers of Andhra Pradesh/Shaik Abdul Azeez Saheb. 6. Panchu Kotti and Achchu Katti: a profile of two Muslim weaver communities of Tamil Nadu/S. Chandni Bi. 7. Socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslim artisans, craftsmen and traders in Kolkata/M.K.A. Siddiqui. 8. Muslim zari embroiders of West Bengal: some observations on their economy, identity and entrepreneurial behaviour/Sekh Rahim Mondal. 9. Destitute women in coir work: empirical study of a Muslim village of West Bengal/Rakaiya Begum. 10. Success by lorry loads/Maqbool Ahmed Siraj. 11. Reflections on socio-economic conditions of Muslim artisans/Uzma Naheed. 12. Spatial pattern and concentration of Muslim household workers in Uttar Pradesh: a comparative analysis/S.S.A. Jafri. 13. Making the entrepreneur: Ansari women in Banaras/Nita Kumar. 14. The Julahas: a socio-economic profile of Madanpuria weavers of Benaras/M. Shoaib. 15. The wretched of the earth: a representation of the life of the weavers of Banaras in Abdul Bismillah\'s Jhini Jhini Bini Chadaria/Mohd. Asim Siddiqui. 16. Economic condition of Muslim weavers: a case study of Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh/Md. Nazmuddin. 17. Muslim artisans of Uttar Pradesh: issues and opportunities for development/Naseem A. Zaidi. 18. Entrepreneurship among Muslims of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh/M. Izhar Ahmad. 19. Clustering: a key to protect lock industry of Aligarh in globalizing economy/Goutam Saha. 20. Governmental schemes for the development of Muslim artisans and small scale industries in Uttar Pradesh: a study of Aligarh/Rahila Rais. 21. Weavers of eastern Uttar Pradesh: problems and prospects/Vaseem Akhtar. Annexure. Bibliography.
"Social scientists have paid little attention to study society and economy of Indian Muslims. Why have they been reduced to the level of backward and marginalized community? How can their socio-economic and educational conditions be ameliorated? Can they not become self-reliant? How can entrepreneurship be promoted among them? The book provides information related with the contributions of Indian Muslims to the national economy and their economic conditions. One may find reflections of scholars on these questions in the book. Therefore, the book is a humble attempt to explore heritage of arts, crafts and business among Indian Muslims and highlights problems and prospects of artisans, craftsmen and traders. This book contains 21 articles of well-known social scientists, activists and media persons that are qualitative and ethnographic in nature than statistical or quantitative." (jacket)
