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 Sunita Gorad

"I joined the cooperative looking for a job, but I also found my voice." Sunita Gorad TAILOR AT SHRAMIK MAHILA MA...

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Gaining Confidence

The mission of empowering women is in MarketPlace's DNA. Economic empowerment is the beginning of it all, and a varie...

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Meet Shivangi Mestry

""When our group won the beauty contest at the Women's Day celebration, I felt a new confidence in myself!" Shivan...

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The Courage to Act

This February, I had the privilege of teaching an acting workshop in Mumbai with fourteen women from MarketPlace Indi...

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Armaan Club

In 1999 the artisans were talking about their children. Their highest priority had always been to see their daughter...

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Meet Pavithra Vishvakarma

"Here at MarketPlace I get to talk about drawing and crafting and participate in so many creative activities." Pav...

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All This and More

ALL THIS AND MORE FAIR TRADE. NON-PROFIT. WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT. SOCIAL CHANGE. We are all this and more. It began...

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Celebrating International Women's Day 2023

International Women's Day is March 8. This year the UN chose as the theme "DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Ge...

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