I got my multi compartment vegetable bag. The postman brought the parcel.Neatly sewn in rice sack as always.
I know well the calibre and commitment of the women. And yet I was stunned. At the perfection.
Each compartment holds a kg and more easily. Each pocket is frilled to assure capacious holding. The stitching is firm and neat.
Professional work. Beautiful work. Smart work.
The bag, as all other #PaalaGuttaPalleBags has soul, and breathes of the village. Of the commitment and attention to detail of the village women, who have taken to stitching to sustain their families. Even as drought dances its dance of death
Two years now since this first piece. The sturdy canvas compartment bag.
So many thousands of these bags have gone to all corners of India and further beyond.
Its been covered in the Hindu, the Indian Express, Eenaadu, The News Minute and so many other places. The women crafting this have also gone places 
This bag was the first piece that was made. I have it. It's going strong after two years of regular heavy duty work.
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