TheNewsMinute and Paalaguttapalle have a long and wonderous relationship.
The video that
Shilpa S. Ranipeta
made for TNM on the women of Paalaguttapalle was the first to cover them so beautifully and sensitively and it took their story far and wide. Link in comments.To make bags for them was a joy and an honour.
TNM swag is here!
Our Legend Members get specially designed bags for being our most ardent supporters.
These bags tell an incredible story of nine women entrepreneurs from
A tote, a backpack, a pouch – name it, and they can make it for you with the print you desire on it. These high-quality bags have travelled across continents, all the way to the UK and US as well. These women have also been making masks, and homemade pickles that their customers swear by. Do visit
Gireesh is behind the design on the bags that beautifully depicts art forms from south India. A writer, translator and artist from Chennai, Gireesh creates art that is inclusive and breaks the existing stereotypes of body image, gender and societal norms and invites the viewer to see diverse human expressions. He also uses art as a medium of communication and to express dissent. He can be reached at gireesh.leelavathi@gmail.com
Our Legend Members get specially designed bags for being our most ardent supporters.
These bags tell an incredible story of nine women entrepreneurs from
Paalaguttapalle
, a small Dalit hamlet in Andhra’s Chittoor district. Once poverty-stricken, these women turned their lives around by making cloth bags. Roopa, Anita, Annapurna, Lakshmikantha, Buji, Nirmala, Ramila, Mamatha gather every day in their small office room, where all the magic happens.A tote, a backpack, a pouch – name it, and they can make it for you with the print you desire on it. These high-quality bags have travelled across continents, all the way to the UK and US as well. These women have also been making masks, and homemade pickles that their customers swear by. Do visit
Paalaguttapalle
Bags on Facebook and Instagram to get a glimpse into their lives, and of course, place orders.Gireesh is behind the design on the bags that beautifully depicts art forms from south India. A writer, translator and artist from Chennai, Gireesh creates art that is inclusive and breaks the existing stereotypes of body image, gender and societal norms and invites the viewer to see diverse human expressions. He also uses art as a medium of communication and to express dissent. He can be reached at gireesh.leelavathi@gmail.com
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