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Poverty and the PAndemic
Anna Mary (right in the picture) lives in Anandagram, a leprosy community in Delhi. She is a member of the Mahila Mandal (Women’s...

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May 17, 20213 min read
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The Box MAker
I wonder if you have ever seen those lovely painted boxes from Kashmir, and wondered about them. Each one is hand painted, the most...

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May 6, 20212 min read
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Panna Devi is Ill
An Unsettling Preface My colleague Gabriel, had collected the interview with Panna (pictured above) and whilst I brought it together for...

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Apr 29, 20213 min read
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The Second Wave
Like a Typhoon Take a walk across India with me as we try and share the news we have from the groups that supply handicrafts to MESH. By...

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Apr 26, 20214 min read
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Marvelous magic
The thing with hand-woven cotton in India is that we have been spoilt; we just take it for granted. If you tell a foreigner that this...

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Apr 3, 20213 min read
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The 5 R's
For the longest time we had a three triangle chart up on the wall in our office saying REUSE, REDUCE AND RECYCLE. I got it, understood...

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Mar 22, 20213 min read
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Upcycling in the Himalayas
During the lockdown last year in March and April one of my sillier worries was disposing of our rubbish. I live in a flat in Delhi, if...

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Feb 11, 20211 min read
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the magic of block-printing
Take some chunks of wood and place them in the hands of a skilled block maker, add dashes of different colours and it is possible to turn...

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Feb 3, 20211 min read
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Something Good from the pandemic!
During the lockdown in March and April 2020 the MESH team contacted each of our producer groups to find out how they were managing and...

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Jan 22, 20212 min read
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Gifts changing lives
When we in MESH brought together our range of festival gifts we were wondering what the response will be. Lots of people are out of work,...

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Oct 22, 20202 min read
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