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 [...]

Indian handicraft industry expects 35% exports growth in December quarter

The Indian handicraft industry expects the festive season to give a push to exports in [...]

Why is Kashmir’s 800-year-old apple economy in shambles?

Kashmiri historian Kalhana’s 12th century chronicle of Kashmir’s kings – Rajtarangini — mentions about apples [...]

Adavi: organic coffee that brewed a new life for Karnataka’s Soliga tribe

Every year in December, Jade Gowda would pray for better rates after harvesting coffee in [...]

GreenKraft: taking banana bark baskets made in Madurai to Sweden’s IKEA & beyond

Veeralakshmi’s deft hands are busy weaving while she hums a song at a production unit [...]

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Chennai couple’s startup Carbon Loops takes urban food waste back to farms

Every day, about 10-12 tonnes of food waste from companies, educational institutions and some residential [...]

Meet five friends from Chennai whose mission is to feed the hungry

Every morning, five friends in Chennai collect cooked meals from Hotel Sangeeta in Velachery. They [...]

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Sakhi for Girls’ Education: 100% pass, zero dropouts among girls in Mumbai slums

Every morning, Prerna Ghodake, a ninth-class student in Sarola village of Maharashtra’s Osmanabad district, is [...]

Rajasthan’s Camel Charisma builds a superfood business with camel milk and cheese

In April this year, camel milk made it to the headlines after an Indian Railways [...]

COVID-19: India’s handicrafts exports nosedive 40%; artisans turn daily wagers to make ends meet

India’s handicrafts exports have declined by 40 percent during April-August 2020 as the Coronavirus pandemic [...]

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