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Tanay Jain (15), a class 10 student from Kolkata started Katran Foundation that upcycles waste fabric from textile factories, provides employment to karigars, and donates clothes to underprivileged children.

One of Arun’s most challenging portrait was that of Lord Krishna’s portrait, which took him three years to complete, and is currently priced at a whopping one crore!

Latika Chakraborty had always loved sewing and it had been making clothes for her kids that originally brought out her amazing skills.

For years now, the flags that are hoisted at the Red Fort and other government installations come from these units in Karnataka.

Women in rural as well as many urban parts of Rajasthan may not have much formal education, but the one skill they possess is sewing. With the help of an organization, many of these women now have the opportunity to put this skill to good use and generate additional household income. This is empowering them in ways unthinkable a few years ago, and changing the very fabric of their lives.