Saroj Namdev, 36, of Satlapur village, Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, is a housewife and mother of three. She struggled to provide her children food and education on her husband’s small income.

For many Silai School women, sewing offers a calming and therapeutic experience-one that helps overcome pain, and suffering and nurtures inner healing. It becomes a creative vent that restores ...

The Usha Silai School transcends sewing, arming women with essential life skills like financial literacy, digital savvy, and ...

Focusing on marginalized women, this episode highlights how Usha Silai Schools are helping break multiple barriers-such as gender, caste, limited mobility, low literacy, and social stigma. Through ...

After empowering almost 3 lakh women, the initiative has now expanded into a fashion label. Usha Silai Schools not only train women to stitch, tailor and repair machines, but also provide them a ...

Ara: In a small but happening corner of Bihar Institute of Mental Health and Allied Sciences (BIMHAS) in Koilwar, something remarkable is unfolding. Here, a group of spirited women, lovingly called ...

A students’ group from a Delhi government school was able to get seed funding of Rs 1 lakh by pitching their idea to investors about “Silai Mitr”, an app-based stitching service that allows customers ...