ABSTRACT
This chapter is about the intersection of gender, caste and religious identity in the embroidery industry of Lucknow. To explore these intersections, the historical anthropological methodological framework is taken up. With the help of narratives from the fieldwork, the article, on the one hand, attempts to explore how these intersections affect the relations of production in the karkhaana or on the shop floor, in the family and in the market. On the other hand, it also explores the nature of these intersections and analyses the historical considerations in which the nature of the intersections developed. This historicisation is attempted by combining the field notes with those of the archival records from the colonial and the post-colonial record rooms and libraries. This is important to ground and explore the discussions and debates concerning the unfolding of these intersections throughout the years.
