Praised by PM Modi in ‘Mann ki Baat’, Etikoppaka GI-tagged wooden toys awaiting non-toxic certification since 2008

It’s nine in the morning and Srisailapu Chinnayachari is fitting a lathe machine between two [...]

Village Ways: How eco-friendly holidays are lifting Uttarakhand villages out of poverty

On top of the Jhadi Dhar hills in the Himalayas is nestled the Binsar Wildlife [...]

Abira: Pune’s all-women enterprise where slum dwellers handcraft ecofriendly products for global brands

Mohini Netaji Avadhute was married when she was just 17. Motherhood followed soon and life [...]

Entrepreneur couples share how they strike work-life balance

Even the most successful entrepreneurs sometimes fail to separate personal from professional life and when [...]

Women of substance share how they overcame challenges on the road less travelled

It’s never easy to take the road less travelled, more so if you are a [...]

Pothi Chitra: Odisha’s 900-year-old palm leaf engraving finds global patrons

A group of students at the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad attentively listen [...]

Meet Bandana Jain, who uses cardboard to make furniture, sculptures and more

What can you do with corrugated cardboard sheets – the ones used for packaging by [...]

Cheriyal: How Telangana’s centuries-old scroll art continues to educate and entertain even today

In Badampet village of Telangana’s Sangareddy district, NGO Kudali Centre uses a 3ft by 10ft [...]

MP’s Jhabua scripts a success story with its traditional tribal dolls

Madhubai and nine other women sit together with a pile of cotton cloths at Badkua [...]

LifeCraft: empowering Jharkhand’s Kuiani women through fabric hand dyeing

Five years back when Lakhi asked her husband for Rs20 to buy a notebook for [...]