Among the fast-flowing streams of the Himalayas, lakhs of people depend on watermills to turn grain into flour. IT Power helps them do this and much more, in an eco-friendly, cost-effective manner More...

By Lalitha Sridhar

In the old days even everyday utility objects were decorated and embellished, says Visalakshi Ramaswamy, founder-director of the M RM Rm Cultural Foundation that works towards empowering local craftspeople in the state of Tamil Nadu More...

Until 2001, the Khasi women of Kenbah Syntien, Meghalaya, waited hours in the local bazaar to sell a basket. Now after training under the UNDP's Cane and Bamboo Technological Upgradation and Networking Programme, their coasters, lamps and fruit-trays fly off the shelves at major national stores More...

Project Aparajita has given artisans devastated by the 1999 supercyclone in Orissa a helping hand. Marginalised and impoverished, today they take international orders and travel the country seeking out new ideas and incorporating quality controls More...

Women Dairy Cooperative Societies in Orissa show the way to empowering rural women More...

In Alappuzha, one of the poorest districts of Kerala, the traditional income from fish, coir and coconuts has been threatened by globalisation. But 30,000 women have struck back with the launch of their own brand of soap to rival the multinationals More...

The Kolhapuri chappal-makers are back to making their traditional footwear. And they're prospering too. More...

Dastkar helps bring craftswomen into the economic mainstream. More...

Adivasis in the Mudumalai forests of the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu fight to retain control of the forests that have always been their home and source of livelihood. More...

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