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A Day in the Life of Pushpa Jaiswal
June 16, 2018
An Embroidery Artisan from Sahara.
Pushpa, age 52, was married when she was 15. She now lives in Mumbai with her husband, Om...
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Cheerful Chindi Bracelets
June 08, 2018
Cutting out our garments from lengths of cloth produces a lot of leftover bits and pieces. It is important to us to keep this...
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A Day in the Life of Darshana Hemade
June 01, 2018
Embroidery artisan at Ranphul Mahila Mandal
Darshana lives in Dahisar with her husband Denesh, a rickshaw driver, their...
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Hand Painting and Block Printing
May 04, 2018 India has a very long tradition of printing with hand-carved wooden blocks. While we love this technique and use it often, we also have...
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Voices of the Next Generation
April 12, 2018
The Armaan Club for children was developed in collaboration with the artisans who want their sons and daughters to succeed in...
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Below the Surface: A Community in the Slums
January 20, 2018
From above, you'd never guess what a community looks like in the slums. This well-established area is bursting with rows of...
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Living Our Values
November 06, 2017
For over 30 years MarketPlace has been enabling women artisans to improve their lives not just in terms of economics, but also...
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Starting a New Cooperative
October 07, 2017
Organizing a women's cooperative in a new location in India is not as simple as placing a want ad and waiting for people to show...
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Armaan Club Graduation 2017
September 02, 2017
Karan the son of Kumkum who is a member of Nirmaan Collective.
Karan lives in a small house with his extended family of...
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Mixed Subji (Veggie) Curry
August 18, 2017
Ingredients:
3 tbsp oil
2 onions - finely chopped
2 tsp fresh crushed ginger
2 tsp fresh crushed garlic...
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Bold Transformations
August 07, 2017
Sometimes it is possible to make treasure from trash. When a pattern is cut out from a length of cloth, small pieces of fabric are...
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Woven Wizardry
August 05, 2017
The first clue that you're going to someplace special is a sound. Even before you're in the village you hear a mysterious "clack...
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