What if with every rakhi you tied, you were helping a homemaker, a farmer, and nature?

Well, that’s exactly the intention with which the Gram Art Project was started in Madhya Pradesh’s Paradsinga village by Shweta Bhattad. Over 300 women from 14 villages across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh assemble in groups to weave possibility into the threads.

As Shweta explains, the rakhi-making does not happen in silos. The thread of sustainability passes through the entire process of growing desi cotton, hand spinning, patterning the beautiful designs into rakhis, and ensuring that every rakhi tied equals a........

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