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The silver foil makers of Charminar
by Asha Sathees
A Varakh/Waraq is pure silver beaten into thin lustrous sheets used for edible decorative purpose.
These sheets are made by pounding small pieces of silver placed inside a booklet wrapped in a leather pouch. The silver pieces are hammered for about three hours to become thin foils. The finished varak is then kept in between papers to avoid possible damages.
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Asha Sathees is a freelance photographer born and brought up in Kerala who moved to Hyderabad in 2001. If you can read Malayalam, her blog is here. For everyone else, her pictures are here.
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