Nizamuddin Ansari is a resident of Ramnagar and the head of his family. He learned weaving from his ancestors and has been involved in this occupation since 1986. Due to a recession and poor business conditions in the weaving sector, he left weaving in 2003-04 for four to five years and worked in embroidery. In 2009, he started weaving again and began to see better results and output from his efforts. Together with his father and sons, he creates the most intricate silk fabrics handwoven with zari (gold threads). While he comes from a traditional Banarasi weaving background, he is also a master of other weaving techniques, such as Tanchoi. Most weavers outsource dyeing the yarns, but Nizamuddin Ansari dyes the yarns himself meticulously.