A stone’s throw from Hyderabad’s iconic Charminar, 65-year-old Haji Sahab, runs a modest 300 sq ft store selling all kinds of embroidered goods. “The practice was started in 1947 by my father, Afzal Miyan,” says Haji Sahab, 65, who now runs Afzal Miyan Karchob Wale. “He learned zardozi from his mamu (uncle), a 12th-generation weaver, and then taught me.”