War-driven prices for silver are threatening nagra makers in northern India.
![Two styles of silver nagra wedding shoes made by Jabbar Hussain, a fourth-generation craftsman and shopkeeper in Lucknow, India [Aatif Ammad/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-03-at-2.10.04-PM-1791051025.png?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

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War-driven prices for silver are threatening nagra makers in northern India.
![Two styles of silver nagra wedding shoes made by Jabbar Hussain, a fourth-generation craftsman and shopkeeper in Lucknow, India [Aatif Ammad/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-03-at-2.10.04-PM-1791051025.png?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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![An Indigo flight on the tarmac at the airport in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir [File: Aatif Ammad]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Indigo-Srinagar-1764643231.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)