Belonging to a family which has been traditionally engaged in the doing embroidery work, Yash Pal has evolved his skills to be able to make newer forms of embroidered and non-embroidered jewellery.
A native of Chiroli Bhagwantpur village in the Sambhal Tehsil of Moradabd District of UP in India, Yash Pal has very elementary education and is a humble person connected with his roots.
He stays in a joint family and the entire family is now engaged in making various forms of fashion or costume jewellery.
“अपने बचपन में मैंने अपने पिता और अपने चचा ताऊ की अड्डे पर घंटों आती पालथी मार कर कढ़ाई का काम करते हुआ देखा है | उस समय मैं यह सोचता था की अगर हाथ की कढ़ाई का फैशन खत्म हो गया तो फिर यह लोग क्या करेंगे. | मैंने दिल्ली में २ साल एक फैक्ट्री में फैंसी और कस्टम आभूषण बनाने का काम सीखा और फिर मुझे यह अहसास हुआ की मैं यही काम अपने गॉव से भी कर सकता हूँ और अपने परिवार के अन्य लोगों को भी कुछ नया काम करने का अवसर मिल जायेगा | आज हमारा पूरा परिवार एक टीम की तरह काम करता है और हम तरह तरह के आभूषण बनाते हैं, जैसे की - कढ़ाई वाले, कृत्रिम पत्थरों वाला, फैशन जेवेलरी वगैरा वगैरा |
Yash Pal
English Translation
“When I was a child I used to see my father and uncles sit cross legged for hours at the “adda” (work station for doing embroidery) and I would wonder what would happen if the demand for hand embroidery diminished. I came to Delhi and worked for 2 years in a unit making fancy jewellery and it was here I realised that I could do this work from my village and also help the other members of my family get an opportunity to expand their area of work beyond the embroidery they were doing. Today our family works as a team and we make all kinds of fancy jewellery – be it embroidery, stone , fashion jewellery or imitation jewellery.”
Yash Pal
