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.

Empowerment Through the News

Reading a daily newspaper was simply not a part of the artisans' lives. First of all, many of the women cannot read ...

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Our Mission in Products... Hand Embroidery

Hand embroidery on MarketPlace garments is an important factor in enabling women to work and earn a living. Because t...

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Let's Talk About Respect!

Let's Talk About Respect...Living Our Values, Changing Lives R-E-S-P-E-C-T is one of the five values the women artis...

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Mission by Design

Women are the soul of MarketPlace. Our mission to empower women is why we exist, and it is embedded in everything we ...

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International Women's Day 2019

On March 8, I was thrilled to join in the celebration of International Women's Day in Mumbai. Women artisans from eac...

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Indian Lentils: Black dal/Sabut Masoor

Ingredients: ¼ kg (about ½ lb.) brown lentils, (soaked in water 15 minutes prior to cooking) 2 tsp vegetable ...

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Meet Rashmi Sharma

"I've gained alot of strength from the confident, happy women at Nirmaan" Rashmi Sharma An Embroidery Artisan at N...

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Batica

A Goan coconut cake is often made at Christmas.  It was a childhood favorite at Christmas breakfast and tastes great...

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