UMBVS successfully changed the centuries' old tradition that forbade women from working on the loom, thus offering them an opportunity to learn to weave.
Like most women in weaving communities, Pappu Devi was only allowed to assist her husband as he wove. She got the yarn ready and generally helped... read more
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