Member Spotlight: Shamlu Dudeja empowers women through decorative arts
From the October 2016 issue of The Rotarian
Shamlu Dudeja, a member of the Rotary Club of Calcutta, India, helped elevate a humble embroidery stitch from relative obscurity to a celebrated decorative art and made life better for hundreds of women in the process. In the 1980s, Dudeja ran across some women at a craft market using the 600-year-old kantha stitch to make wall hangings. Women traditionally used kantha to sew together old saris to make blankets. But it reminded Dudeja of the stitch she used as a child to decorate her mother’s sleeves, and she persuaded the women to use it to…
