Mann Ki Baat · 30 June 2024
Episode 111, the first after the 2024 general election, featured tribal women in Kerala making Karthumbi umbrellas, a Pulwama farmer sending snow peas to London, and a weekly Sanskrit conversation circle in a Bengaluru park.
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Group · Attappady, Kerala
Tribal women in Attappady make colourful Karthumbi umbrellas through a women-led cooperative farming society. The umbrellas now sell across India and online, and the society has also set up a bamboo-craft unit and plans a shop and a traditional cafe.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Chakura, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir
A farmer in Chakura village who pooled land with other villagers to grow snow peas. Within a short time the first consignment of the vegetable went from Pulwama to London, opening a new market for Kashmir's farmers.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Bengaluru, Karnataka
The founder of Sanskrit Weekend, in which children, young people and older residents meet every Sunday in Bengaluru's Cubbon Park to talk and debate in Sanskrit. The idea, organised through a website, quickly caught on in the city.
As described in Mann Ki Baat