Mann Ki Baat · 28 September 2025
Episode 126 featured two naval officers who sailed around the world as a crew of two, and three enterprises turning tradition into livelihoods: natural-fibre products in Tamil Nadu, tribal weaving in Jharkhand and Mithila painting in Bihar.
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Two Indian Navy officers, Lieutenant Commanders Dilna (from Kozhikode) and Roopa, who sailed about 47,500 km around the world in 238 days, just the two of them on a 17-metre boat, through storms and the Southern Ocean. They say they were the first people to reach remote Point Nemo by sailboat.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Tamil Nadu
An enterprise founded by Ashok Jagdishan and Prem Selvaraj, who left corporate jobs to make yoga mats from grass and banana fibre and to dye cloth with herbal colours, training and employing about 200 families.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Jharkhand
The founder of the Johargram brand, which takes Jharkhand's tribal weaving and clothing to buyers around the world and makes people abroad aware of the state's cultural heritage.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Madhubani, Bihar
The founder of Sankalp Creations in Madhubani district, which has turned Mithila painting into a livelihood for women. More than 500 rural women have joined her.
As described in Mann Ki Baat