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 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 moth...
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...
A Day in the Life of Darshana Hemade
Embroidery artisan at Ranphul Mahila Mandal Darshana lives in Dahisar with her husband Denesh, a rickshaw driver, ...
Living Our Values
For over 30 years MarketPlace has been enabling women artisans to improve their lives not just in terms of economics,...
Starting a New Cooperative
Organizing a women's cooperative in a new location in India is not as simple as placing a want ad and waiting for peo...
Ranphul Mahila Mandal: Flowers in the Country
Away from the congestion and bustle of Mumbai's slums lies an area full of fields of blooming flowers. Behind this p...