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A Healthy Future
October 01, 2019
Under the Darpan program, artisans are able to deal with subjects that affect their quality of life and come up with responses....
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Beach Cleaning Day
September 26, 2019
As part of the social action program with SHARE on September 13th a total of 57 artisans from Nirmaan, Sahara, and WARE...
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Behind the Scenes with MarketPlace
September 12, 2019
Take a look behind the scenes at how the fabric used for MarketPlace products is hand-printed by skilled artisans!...
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Mehndi: Ancient Body Art
August 14, 2019
Mehndi is a form of body art that can be traced back to ancient India. Using a paste made from the powdered leaves of the henna...
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Green Bean Vegetable
June 14, 2019
Ingredients:
2 tsp vegetable cooking oil
½ tsp whole cumin seeds
¼ kg (about ½ lb) green...
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Meet Mehmoda Qureshi
June 02, 2019
"I particularly enjoy seeing how a garment can be transformed by my addition of embroidery."
Mehmoda Qureshi An...
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Meet Radha & Roopa Sharma
June 01, 2019
Radha and Roopa Sharma Sewing Artisans and now MarketPlace staff in Mumbai
Succeeding in Different Ways: "I never dreamed...
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Anda Bhurji (Scrambled Eggs)
May 28, 2019
Ingredients:
2 tsp vegetable cooking oil
1-2 green chilli, chopped fine
1 medium sized onion, chopped fine...
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Energized, Uplifting, Transformative...
May 24, 2019
A lifelong dream came true in March when my husband and I had the opportunity to visit India. Our most important, thus first stop,...
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Empowerment Through the News
May 23, 2019
Reading a daily newspaper was simply not a part of the artisans' lives. First of all, many of the women cannot read or write....
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Our Mission in Products... Hand Embroidery
May 11, 2019
Hand embroidery on MarketPlace garments is an important factor in enabling women to work and earn a living. Because...
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Indian Lentils: Black dal/Sabut Masoor
May 11, 2019
Ingredients:
¼ kg (about ½ lb.) brown lentils, (soaked in water 15 minutes prior to cooking)
2 tsp...
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