Indian women entrepreneurs

In Bhopal, a biochemistry graduate set up her first mushroom bags inside a spare room just to see what would happen. That small test drew her deeper into the world of cultivation, learning, and community, shaping a journey she never saw coming.

Once a schoolteacher, Suman Bokan now feeds 40 people a day with traditional Haryanvi meals cooked over fire in clay pots on her rooftop in Gurugram.

Nagaland’s Lhüvevolü A Rhakho shares how she learned to grow quality chemical-free shiitake mushrooms and set up Native Organics, which sells value-added mushroom products across the country.

Once a humble hobby, crochet has now gone viral! Here are seven inspiring women who have woven their dreams into reality with crochet.