Threads of Community Blog

Blogs that weave together artisan stories, cultural heritage, sustainability, and customer connections, showing how each handmade piece ties people, tradition, and care into a shared global fabric.

Meet Uma Sanjeev Vartha

"Becoming a supervisor meant changing my personality and being more firm. Disputes can happen among the women but bei...

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Shramik Mahila Mandal

Shramik Mahila Mandal Established - 2015 The town of Nallasopara is located north of Mumbai city, approximately 5...

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Rajma (Kidney Beans)

Ingredients: 150 grams (a little over ½ lb) small kidney beans or 2 cans of Red Kidney beans 4 tsp vegetable oi...

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Community. Respect. Kindness.

This year I am feeling extremely grateful that I was finally able to visit the staff and artisans in India after an a...

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Meet Kajal Chavan

"Working here has taught me that I'm more than just a mother and wife. And I have come to see that it's important to ...

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Auditing for Best Practices

Audits of each Cooperative or Collective are conducted annually. This year they were conducted in the months of July...

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Community Library

"Go read a book." How many times have we said that to our kids, either to occupy them or educate them? In India, the ...

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Meet Tara Tiwari

"I enjoy my work and am happy that I am not dependent on anyone for my day-to-day expenses." Tara Tiwari EMBROIDE...

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