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Woman from Kutch shares heartwarming story about how she followed her love for embroidery

A Kutch woman's story on social media has been doing the rounds because of the message of self-worth and pride it conveys to the reader

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A Kutch woman’s story on social media has been doing the rounds because of the message of self-worth and pride it conveys to the reader. The woman, who began working, after the 2001 Bhuj earthquake, shares a tale of how she followed her passion of embroidery and is today part of a group that is selling her wares at Kala Ghoda Art Festival.

The woman said that her husband worked in a farm where he bred goat and sheep. “I was a homemaker. After finishing my work at home, I was always interested in learning embroidery from others around me, but never considered it as a profession because my husband was earning well.,” she said.

The family lost their home during the earthquake, the woman began working, but says that she initially didn’t enjoy it.

“First I was working as domestic help from house to house and later on I started helping my husband on the field. It was around this time that I learnt that there was a centre where ladies can sit together and embroider and get paid for their products — I immediately went to this centre and enrolled. From toiling in the field, I was finally able to do what I love at the Welspun centre —and the group of five ladies I enrolled with have become my closest friends,” she shared with Humans of Bombay.

While the woman admits that it’s the duty of the wife to take the husband’s place in the field once he retires, she made a decent amount from embroidery and stuck to it. “ I’ve even attended workshops to learn new kinds of embroidery and the day the centre came to our village to tell us that some of us would be going to Mumbai to display our work was one of the happiest days of my life. At first, I was scared if I would even be able to step out of my village…all my life has been spent here. I also wondered if people would make fun of me — Mumbai is so modern and fast paced… but my husband encouraged me a lot and told me that I absolutely had to go,” she said.

Today, the woman is displaying her work at Kala Ghoda and it’s a dream come true for her. “So many people have bought things and women from the city have told me that I’ve inspired them — I don’t think I’ve ever been happier. At first I was hesitant to leave my husband, but then I realized that I’m doing this for the both of us. Marriage is give and take. He’s earned for our family for so many years and today when he is unable to work, I want to stand by him and work for both of us,” she shared

At 50, I started a new chapter in my life. I wake up in the morning, cook food and then go to my work. This is new me — I love my life, my friends and the fact that every day I have something to look forward to.”

 

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