November, 2020 4 stories of 4 inspiring women who work as home-based entrepreneurs and are associated with SEWA Bharat 6 minutes read Cementing individual lives for the greater good, solidarity has found a louder voice in these chaotic times - especially [...]
November, 2020 Understanding society’s role in the treatment of garment workers with the help of the Wizarding World 5 minutes read It was only in the fourth year of school that Harry and his friends discovered that their meals were cooked, [...]
November, 2020 Exploring the various intersections to one’s identity and the barriers experienced by women in the specialised Beedi manufacturing industry 5 minutes read When we think about the well-fed narrative of women standing shoulder-to-shoulder with men in this “day and [...]
November, 2020 Exploring the availability, disparity and implications of data about the formal cigarette manufacturing and informal beedi manufacturing industries 5 minutes read Disparities in working conditions in an industry for women is not a new phenomenon. Women are usually exploited [...]
October, 2020 Double-clicking on the glorified concept of work-from-home and uncovering what it means for women in the home-based informal industry of beedi manufacturing 6 minutes read In the book ‘To Sir, With Love’ I remember reading a line about how [...]
October, 2020 A take on the human costs associated with a concept more infamously known for its environmental impacts 5 minutes read Imagine this: you see your favourite model walking on the Dior runway, wearing the dress of your dreams. Soon [...]
July, 2020 An exploration of the exploitation of children in the paan and beedi industry in India 7 minutes read The Paan and Beedi industry falls under the specialized industries domain. This unique industry has unique ways of functioning as well. [...]
July, 2020 An exploration of the garment industry through the historical lens 8 minutes read The history of Indian textiles is as old as human civilization. According to archaeologists, evidence of weaving has been found from Indus valley and Mohenjo-Daro civilization [...]
July, 2020 Life of a female beedi worker in 21st century India 5 minutes read The tobacco smoking industry- comprising cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and beedis has witnessed a rapid increase in manufacturing and consumption, thanks to the many perceptions the practice [...]
July, 2020 Here are six lessons I learned from phone calls with two garment workers from Rajasthan and Maharashtra 6 minutes read We’ve all experienced some form of this or the other - pain from someone you never expected to hurt [...]