Hunarmand

Winter · Master Session

Kani Talim Reading Session

with Bashir Ahmad Bhat, pashmina weaving master from Kanihama, Budgam

An original Mir-family talim sheet from the 1920s, decoded row by row with the only living master who can still read it. Ninety minutes that re-open a closed book.

Duration
90 minutes
Capacity
Up to 6 guests
From
Rs. 7,000 / person
Next date
11 Jan 2027
Languages
Koshur · Urdu · English
Venue
The Bhat Loom Hall · Kanihama, Budgam

What you will actually learn

The technique, in his own words.

  • How a single talim cell encodes colour, position, and knot count
  • The diacritic marks that change a colour at the seventh row
  • Why a misread cell becomes the next century's signature mistake

What you will take home

Something held by the hands, not just the inbox.

  • A photograph of the original talim sheet (Bashir's hand-written copy)
  • A printed translation page in your name

Session structure

How the 90 minutes unfolds.

11:00
11:15
12:15
  • 11:0011:15Tea + the table is set with the sheet
  • 11:1512:15Reading · row by row, slowly
  • 12:1512:30Q&A · the cells you marked

Pricing tiers

Five ways to spend the day.

Every tier is set by Mohammad Yusuf and Hunarmand together — never by an algorithm. The Recommended tier is what most participants choose.

  • Classic Reading

    Rs. 7,000/ person

    Standard 90-min reading session, up to 6 participants.

    • 90-min reading
    • Photographed sheet
    • Tea

    Recommended

  • Private Reading

    Rs. 18,000/ person

    Just you, the master, the sheet.

    • 1-on-1 reading
    • Personal annotations on your copy
  • For Two

    Rs. 11,000/ person

    Two readers, one sheet.

    • Reading for two
    • Two photographed copies
  • Reading + Loom Visit

    Rs. 9,500/ person

    After the reading, visit the loom that wove the original.

    • Reading + 30-min loom visit
    • One photographed copy
  • Archival Tier

    Rs. 14,500/ person

    Receive a museum-archival print of the sheet (A2, cotton paper).

    • Reading + archival A2 print
    • Master's signature on the print

"Bring a sharp pencil. The cells will speak to you, but only if you write back. — Bashir"

Bashir

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