Designer Naina Jain has curated timeless pieces using fine Indian fabrics and the skills of the country’s talented craftspeople. The Naina Jain brand has a neat and modern sensibility that is driven by a holistic vision and is inspired by the old-world charm of India. BE’s Isha Chakraborty spoke...
The creative force behind the jewellery brand, Pretios is Dwiti Bhuwalka. Her brand offers fresh and contemporary sensibilities with a global appeal and yet remains very Indian. BE’s Isha Chakraborty spoke to Dwiti Bhuwalka about her designs, ideas, and market.Q. Why did you start Pretios?A. ...
The hands that used to wash dishes once are now cutting the threads to be independent by getting hold of the ‛charkha’Baby Devi, Anamika Jha and Rani Devi, the ladies of Barhiya who were once confined to take care of their households are now taking up training for solar power based ‛chark...
One of the most pertinent issues that troubles India is the issue of gender sensitivity. India is a country where female deities are worshipped; moreover, India itself is con- sidered as a ‘motherland’. In spite of such glorification, the Indian society hasn’t quite been the harbinger of gende...
The Women Self-Empowerment Mission is a noble initiative aimed at the self-empowerment of women from the Barhiya village situated in Bihar. This programme involves installation of solar charkas, which will enable women to spin yarn on a large scale. The programme was launched on April 1, 2018,...
Globally, human trafficking and especially trafficking of girls/women remains a major problem. The purpose behind trafficking of girls/women has conventionally been sex slavery, sexual exploitation, and forced labour. The district of South 24 Parganas is one of the largest districts in West Bengal a...
Many women from nondescript backward villages of Beawar in Rajasthan, who were too scared to think about their future a year ago, now sit on electric sewing machines at the Shree Stree Shakti Yojna Centre stitching designer dressesand bags as they greet each other in English while calculating the co...
Anup hails from a village in Chattarpur in south Delhi and earns `350 a day. He was determined to give his daughter Payal a quality education so that she could secure a job for herself. He said, “We are regularly reminded to get Neha married by our friends and relatives, but I wanted to stand by m...
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar –Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (1820-1891) was one of the key figures of India’s renaissance in the nineteenth century. He worked wholeheartedly for women’s empowerment andprosperity. He was an academician, a thinker and a scholar par excellence. It was due his vast er...
