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 Shivangi Mestry
""When our group won the beauty contest at the Women's Day celebration, I felt a new confidence in myself!" Shivan...
The Courage to Act
This February, I had the privilege of teaching an acting workshop in Mumbai with fourteen women from MarketPlace Indi...
Meet Pavithra Vishvakarma
"Here at MarketPlace I get to talk about drawing and crafting and participate in so many creative activities." Pav...
Celebrating International Women's Day 2023
International Women's Day is March 8. This year the UN chose as the theme "DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Ge...
Meet Uma Sanjeev Vartha
"Becoming a supervisor meant changing my personality and being more firm. Disputes can happen among the women but bei...
Shramik Mahila Mandal
Shramik Mahila Mandal Established - 2015 The town of Nallasopara is located north of Mumbai city, approximately 5...
Meet Kajal Chavan
"Working here has taught me that I'm more than just a mother and wife. And I have come to see that it's important to ...
Auditing for Best Practices
Audits of each Cooperative or Collective are conducted annually. This year they were conducted in the months of July...