Gurdeep  Kour, 
    Punjabi Jutti and Contemporary Adaptations,
    The Social Sciences,
    Volume 15,Issue 8,
    2020,
    Pages 295-299,
    ISSN 1818-5800,
    sscience.2020.295.299,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2020.295.299)
    Abstract: The use of footwear is as old as civilization.
Numerous experimentations through the hands of Indian
artisans of various regions, the form of desijutti or
traditional footwear emerged and circulated in numerous
designs during ages. Today’s transforming approach of
arts has been entered in every field of life to revive and
modify our traditional handicrafts to justify our present
needs and fashions. This study is an effort to review the
origin and glorious past of the handicraft of desijutti as
well new interventions in the handicraft industry which
affected, altered and fluctuated its original form using
contemporary designs, materials and modern techniques.
This study is based on review of literature, interview and
observation methods. Data is collected through thirty
artisans in Ludhiana. Interviews and discussions also have
been done with embroiders, boutique workers, sellers as
well as experts.
    Keywords: Historical;change;contemporary;design;materials;machines;ornamentation