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.
A Message from India
India then and now: Top Image: People desperate to leave Bombay (as It was then called) during the plague of 1896. B...
Indicators for Success
Pride and Independence Dignity not Charity has been our philosophy from the very beginning. We wanted to distinguish ...
Artisans Glow with Success
SMM members since 2015: (left to right) Sushma Raut, Sampada Devil, Nilima Matre, Rita Singh Artisans glow with th...
Building Independence
When the artisans were determining "values to live by" Independence was a popular choice. No surprise that it mad...
How Constraints Built Our Brand
When I started MarketPlace, I viewed myself as a social worker and simply wanted to provide women with an opportunity...
A Healthy Future
Under the Darpan program, artisans are able to deal with subjects that affect their quality of life and come up with ...
Beach Cleaning Day
As part of the social action program with SHARE on September 13th a total of 57 artisans from Nirmaan, Sahara, and ...
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...