When Sonia and Mala Dhawan, sisters from a fauji family, decided to help a women’s farmer group sell their products, they inadvertently set off a chain of events culminating in the formation of Bengaluru’s oldest handmade collective, A Hundred Hands (AHH), in August 2010. Started with just 20 artisans, their collective grew and grew and now supports 200 artisan groups every year.
Back in 2000, Sonia and Mala had offered their own garden space so that the women’s farmer group could sell food products to urban consumers living around their home.