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.

Power of the Human Spirit - 5

Over a month ago shelter-in-place became the new reality in India. The severe restrictions state that no one can leav...

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Power of the Human Spirit - 4

Over a month ago shelter-in-place became the new reality in India. The artisans were counting the days until its end...

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Power of the Human Spirit - 3

Shelter-in-place has been challenging for people all over the world. In India you hear heartbreaking stories of isola...

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Power of the Human Spirit - 2

Shelter-in-place has been challenging for people all over the world. In India you hear heartbreaking stories of isola...

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Power of the Human Spirit - 1

Shelter-in-place has been challenging for people all over the world. In India you hear heartbreaking stories of isola...

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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...

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Indicators for Success

Pride and Independence Dignity not Charity has been our philosophy from the very beginning. We wanted to distinguish ...

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Artisans Glow with Success

SMM members since 2015: (left to right) Sushma Raut, Sampada Devil, Nilima Matre, Rita Singh Artisans glow with th...

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