This craft is mostly practiced by the Muslim community, specially the intricate hand-painting on the planters with cobalt oxide that gets fired into the legendary blue. Traditionally, in most of the potter communities in India, women are not allowed to work on the wheel. In Khurja too, the men do the casting while the women only take care of the finishing or ‘cleaning up’. Ceramic production requires good teamwork and synchronization. The people here are terrific at that. Over 500 factories provide employment to more than twenty five thousand people in the city and around.
