a sadiq of Srinagar purchased 1,000 kgs. of Kashmir silk at 60 per kg det
Desai of Pune to be sold on consignment. Sadiq paid 2,000 towards
etc. Desai received the consignment and paid 5,000 as freight changed
a bill upon Desai for 50,000. Desai sold 900 Kgs.@ 790 per kg, and put
sales expenses. Desai took over the remaining quantity for 16500 eisbe
a commission on gross sales at 10%.
Q.1 final balance?
Q.2 profit on consiment
Answers
WHEN half-blind Mohammad Sadiq died in 1988, his son attempted to smooth the old shawl weaver's thumb and forefinger, which had warped into the claw shape needed to grasp the thin wooden needle with which he had embroidered hundreds of exquisite shawls for some of the world's richest people. Sadiq had long hoped to be able to afford the minor surgery that would have corrected his condition, but never could. Even in death his fingers did not yield.
One hundred and forty-one years ago, Srinagar's shawl-bafs rose against the regime of Maharaja Ranbir Singh in an unprecedented protest against exploitation and injustice. Twenty-eight shawl-bafs gave their lives in the struggle, one of the great moments in the history of India's working class. Today, their sacrifices are almost forgotten - and the workers they fought for have precious little to celebrate. The magnificent pashmina shawls Sadiq gave his eyes and hands for sold for up to Rs.300,000; he made just Rs.40 a day.
In vogue amongst elites as early as the time of the Mughal emperor Babar, fine Kashmiri shawls were exported to Iran and the plains of India for centuries. The best shawls were made from the soft pashm wool brought in by caravans from the Tian Shan and Ush Tarfan mountains, through Yarkand and Ladakh. Europeans brought in to train Maharaja Ranjit Singh's armies encountered them in the course of the 18th century and began sending them home.