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Rugnews.com Attends
The India Carpet Expo
Feb. 18 to 21, 2006

At Obeetee: Gaurav Sharma, senior vice president, and
Vishnu R. Sharma, managing director.



K.K. Saha, president and director of  E. Hill & Co., the
106-year old manufacturing firm, with company associates
 P. Phillips, S. Srivastav and A.P. Sahay, E. Hill's
 production manager.

At Creatives: Sanjeev Soni, Mohit Singhal and
Suresh Kumar.
 

Janak Mewawala of Agni Exports with Praveen Sharda,
CFO of Sarna Associates.

Nazir A. Wani and Sumiye Nazir of the Cottage Arts
Promotion, which manufactures and exports a broad
spectrum of Indian craft categories.


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Rugnews.com Attends
The India Carpet Expo
Feb. 18 to 21, 2006

Sarita Sarna, president of Sarna Associates and Praveen Sharda, CFO of the large agency. Sarna will soon open its
own permanent showroom in New Delhi which will show a large representation of Indian carpet manufacturers' products in a central location.

The Woolmark Co. New Delhi office was instrumental in planning the Rugnews.com journey to India. From left: Subhasis Banerjee; Arindam Saha, Director Dr. S.K. Chaudhuri; Al Ross from Wools of New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Pravin Patel of The Woolmark Co.,
New Delhi.


Faraghan Mohmad Amin Beigh and NaseerAhmad of  Faraghan Carpet Co.


Three generations at Amar Carpets: S. B. Mishra, C.S. Mishra with baby Kaveri Mishra, K.S. Pandy and A.K. Mishra.

Stopping for a chat in the hallway: A.P. Sahay of E. Hill Co.; Rajat Agarwal of Old Agra Creations, and Radhey Shyam Pahadiya of Pahadiya Carpet.



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Rugnews.com Attends
The India Carpet Expo
Feb. 18 to 21, 2006


Here's the crew at Bholanath International: Shikha
Mishra, Vivek Baranwal, Bholanath Baranwal and
Vasudha Baranwal.

G.S. Anand and J.P. Anand of Anand's, which specializes
in intricate chain stitch creations.

At Vikram Carpet Co. Ram Prakash Baranwal
and Ritesh Baranwal

Chang Lalit, managing director of Kantipur Carpet Craft Industries and Chang Carpet Manufacturers Industries, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sabig Hamid and Umar Hamid of Hannan's Oriental Rugs.

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Rugnews.com Attends
The India Carpet Expo
Feb. 18 to 21, 2006

DevikaBhat of The Woolmark Co., and Dr.  Gopi Nath Agrawal, international journalist, zone member of the customs committee and a founder of the All-India Carpet Trade Fair Committee.


O. P. Gupta, honorary secretary of the All India Carpet Manufacturers' Association with K. K. Saha, president
of E. Hill

Adil Husain of Parsipur Carpet Industries with construction that looks and feels like hand knot.

It's time to say bye-bye from India. Lissa Wyman, center,
editor and publisher of Rugnews.com, joins the lively group from Qinghai Tibetan Sheep Carpets Group, Ltd.
From left, it's Betty Guo, Liyan Zhou, Wyman, Lily Zhang
and Wenyong Wang.
 
Next month, carpet people will be journeying to the top of
the world for the exposition of Tibetan Carpets in Quinghai,  March 31 to April 9, 2006. (www.tscpt.com.cn)

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