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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Meet Rashmi Sharma
"I've gained alot of strength from the confident, happy women at Nirmaan" Rashmi Sharma An Embroidery Artisan at N...
Meet Suman Mali
"I have learned so many things after joining the group." Embroidery Artisan at Ranphul Mahila Mandal Cooperative ....
MarketPlace Milestones
The Beginning: Sisters Pushpika Freitas and Lalita Monteiro were exposed to social work from an early age. Their mot...
A Day in the Life of Pushpa Jaiswal
An Embroidery Artisan from Sahara. Pushpa, age 52, was married when she was 15. She now lives in Mumbai with her hu...