Creative Dignity

Handmade employs millions, sustains traditions & a low-carbon future. Yet GST is hurting artisans & consumers. 1000+ artisans & orgs demand #ZeroGSTforHandmade. Stand with them - bit.ly/zeroGSTforhand… @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman @TexMinIndia @GST_Council

Millions of artisans depend on handlooms & handicrafts for survival. The 5% GST slab in #GST2.0 is a step forward, but: 🌿 Natural fibers must not be taxed like synthetics 👗 18% GST on handmade apparel will crush small producers 👉 Endorse - bit.ly/supportzeroGST… @FinMinIndia

Grateful to @DEFindia @creativedigniti for supporting us to impact digital training to 30 Sabai grass and dokra artists, hope to impact 100 artisans ever year to skill mayurbhanj and grow the states craft tourism internationally! #odisha #mayurbhanj #def #creativedignity

Excited to be hosting our first digital entrepreneur training at @BelgadiaPalace with @creativedigniti and a host of other partners, we are congregating the dokra and Sabai community to increase skills and understand technology to scale businesses. #soochnapreneur #defindia

@Catalyst_2030 thank you for collectivising & strengthening all steps in the direction of achieving the SDGs at a global level. Congratulations Mahboob Bidri Craft and @VarnamCraft handcrafting the most fitting symbol for acknowledging actions for planet and people

It was our honor to facilitate and be a part of the making of this trophy celebrating the leadership advancing towards the SDGs in such a phenomenal way! Congratulations Bharain Science Centre, thank you for leading the way!

With our ever-evolving world, let the spirit of Swaraj and Swadeshi always grow! #swadeshi #swaraj #IndependenceDay #IndiaAt75

During these 75 years of Independence, we the people of India have upheld the doctrine of Swadeshi in our thoughts, actions, traditions, and progress. #IndependenceDay #IndiaAt75 #creativedignity

Let's continue to be Swadeshi in its true spirit - Speaking our minds, respecting the dignity of our fellow Indians, and taking pride in our culture and its handmade manifestations.

#LOVETHELOOM everyday!

#LOVETHELOOM everyday!

This 8th National Handloom Day! Watch her journey and “Shrestha Icon of Bharat” today from 9.3:0 pm on NDTV India To vote Dilafroj: ffreedom.com/ndtv

Contest alert! #LOVETHELOOM @aiacaonline @AiacaCraftmark #dilseHandloom #IamHandloomingit #HandsbehindtheLoom

Contest alert! #LOVETHELOOM @aiacaonline @AiacaCraftmark #dilseHandloom #IamHandloomingit #HandsbehindtheLoom

This #nationalhandloomday let's hear stories from the weaver's themselves. Please encourage weavers to participate in a special contest for them and tell us why they #LOVETHELOOM. instagram.com/p/Cg1YI64ItdH/… @AiacaCraftmark #Handmade #Handloom #HandsbehindtheLoom

Did you know? #LOVETHELOOM . . instagram.com/p/Cg1YI64ItdH/… . . instagram.com/p/Cgs_2pEPf7T/… . . Source: ibef.org

Did you know? #LOVETHELOOM . . instagram.com/p/Cg1YI64ItdH/… . . instagram.com/p/Cgs_2pEPf7T/… . . Source: ibef.org

From June 21 to June 24, 2022, women artisans in Yalgud received contextual #Digital #literacy training under Mr. Vikas Bhalerao from DEF, supported by Mr. Raju Bhagoji and Mr. Shridhar Vaidya from team Kalapuri. Read the full blog: bit.ly/3J6iMAY

It truly was a journey of smart women with smartphones, discovering the digital world with their fingertips and claiming their agency over technology. Read more at: defindia.org/women-of-yalgu… @DEFindia @KalapuriCraft

A contextual digital literacy training was conducted by Creative Dignity (CD) and @DEFindia from 21st to 24th June 2022, in Yalgud, Maharashtra, with 30 women artisans, from the jewelry-making cluster of @KalapuriCraft. youtu.be/m6il2D9Jojl