jalandhar indigenously crafted wooden toys may have disappeared off the shelves with an influx of cheap chinesemade alternatives flooding the markets but a determined craftsman in jalandhar continues to resist the winds of changehard at work in a small shop on the outskirts of jalandhar darshan singh on sunday said he has been crafting wooden toys for over 30 years now though his earnings are nowhere near enough to make ends meet he still keeps at it because of the satisfaction he derivessuch toys are still found in places like jalandhar moga bathinda firozpur and border areas of punjab he addedwhen i make these toys i return to my childhood days said singh who migrated to jalandhar from lahore at the age of 13calling these toys a symbol of culture and tradition the toymaker said he wanted future generations to know about itsociologist and writer ajay kumar said that instead of importing chinese toys importance must be given to promoting traditional art forms which can sustain several livelihoods chinese toys are made of plastic and contain chemicals which are not only harmful to the environment but can also affect the mental development of growing children he addedpunjab vyapar sena president ravinder dhir also stressed on the promotion of wooden toys as an alternative to those made of plastic