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Dipali Mura with her handcrafted ecofriendly Sabai grass products

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Married at 17, how this tribal woman fought poverty to set up a profitable Sabai grass home business

Soon after Dipali Mura’s second child was born, she enrolled in a Sabai grass training programme, hoping to help her husband financially. Today, her home business generates Rs10 lakh annually from the sale of eco-friendly Sabai grass products across India

By Partho Burman

Feb 03, 2025 00:07 IST logo

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