At one time there was only one Indian Kaligarh in the jewelry shop. Swadeshi workers were seen sporadically. After the local women learned to make jewelry, the Indian monopoly of Kaligarh was broken. Savita Vick of Butwal-6 Buddhanagar is one of those who are expanding their jewelery making skills.
He is sent to do housework in the evening and in the morning and to melt gold and silver and make jewelry all day long. Although Savita has started making jewelry for 11 years, she has not been promoted in the market. However, the five lattices and koshe rings made by him have become familiar designs .
Now, after seeing the ring, all the gold shops have started to assume that it was made by Savita . She is now making fancy jewellery. She learned the skills by participating in the training organized by Sunchandi Business Association. After marriage, she was happy when her husband asked her to do what he wanted to do.
"It was not easy to work while raising three children," she said, "I cook in the morning and after sending the children to school, I come to work with food for myself." She is not only making jewelry herself. For the last five years, she has also been conducting jewelry making training. She said that she became a trainer by getting a certificate from CTEVT with the aim of transferring the skills she learned to other women and becoming self-employed.
"I myself am an example that women can make jewelry when there are men Kaligarh everywhere," she said. She said that both expenses and self-satisfaction were met by such busyness.
"If you don't work, you get bored," she said, "making new designs increases your ability to learn." She said that the remuneration will be fixed based on the design, weight and piece.
Now 17 women have become Kaligads in Butwal after being taught by Savita. Since last February, the number of women in Kaligad has increased after the Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City and the Butwal Gold and Silver Business Association trained women in jewelry making. Gold and silver shops often have Indian Kaligarh, Nepalese men have a problem of going abroad even if they have skills.
Krishna Bahadur Sunar, Vice President of Butwal Gold and Silver Business Association, said that the training was conducted because after teaching the women, the workers who get employment will also stay. He, who is a member of the executive committee of the sub-metropolitan city, said that last year he had introduced a proposal for skill training for women in jewelry making in the executive committee.
Kamala Bishwakarma of Butwal-6 Traffic Chowk has run a shop by herself after going to make jewellery. She has made jewelry and delivered it by bringing orders from the gold shop . She said that the salary is satisfactory. ``After I got training, my husband opened a shop after investing,'' she said, ``Jewellery making skills have made me self-reliant.'' She said that Dai's jewelery is a shop and they make it from home and give it to the shop. "My friend Savitra Gajmer and I work together," she said. "Indian Kaligarh is going to take a lot of money," she said. She said that the idea of not only making jewelry but also opening a gold shop started. ``My husband is running a gold jewelry shop,'' she said, ``I want to open my own shop and make it myself and keep others, so I am raising money for that.'' He said that the population of Indian Kaligad can be reduced because women pay attention to work and prioritize finishing work.
