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“We’re increasingly getting a lot of work from offices for supplies of pen holders, paper weights, pen boxes, and other such items," says Akhtar

Jalaluddeen Akhtar is one of India's few remaining bone carvers whose ancestors produced masterpieces for royalty. All Photos: Jalaluddeen Akhtar

He painstakingly produces works, such as this Mughal-inspired jewellery box, from buffalo bones

A chess board inspired by courts of Mughal emperors

A Mughal style powder box recreating scenes from royal courts

A lamp inspired by Mughal court fountains

Ittar boxes were used to keep perfumes

Bangle box with elephant carvings

“We’re increasingly getting a lot of work from offices for supplies of pen holders, paper weights, pen boxes, and other such items," says Akhtar

Jalaluddeen Akhtar is one of India's few remaining bone carvers whose ancestors produced masterpieces for royalty. All Photos: Jalaluddeen Akhtar

He painstakingly produces works, such as this Mughal-inspired jewellery box, from buffalo bones

A chess board inspired by courts of Mughal emperors

A Mughal style powder box recreating scenes from royal courts

A lamp inspired by Mughal court fountains

Ittar boxes were used to keep perfumes

Bangle box with elephant carvings

“We’re increasingly getting a lot of work from offices for supplies of pen holders, paper weights, pen boxes, and other such items," says Akhtar

One of India's last bone carvers - in pictures

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Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed leads participants in the sixth edition of the Dubai Run 2024. Photo: Dubai Media Office

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