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“If you come to my village and ask my name, everyone knows me. I’m famous in my village. I have made a name for myself”, says Gowri of Andrahalli, beaming with pride. It’s no small feat for a woman of 35, who had to stop her education in 7th class and lost her parents early in life, to build her life in a way that she becomes a role model for others. A few years ago, Gowri was working as a labourer in a local garment factory. “A full day’s hard work gave me just Rs 200. My hu

It was fifteen years ago that Rukmini’s husband Muniraj was diagnosed with a debilitating health condition. Unable to move around on his own or work or earn an income, Muniraj became bound to their home. Since then, the family has been surviving on the meager income that Rukmini earned working as a helper in the local Aanganwadi school at T. Dasarahalli. Buzz India organizes training with the help of Aanganwadi teachers and helpers and Rukmini got a chance to attend the Buzz

Rajeshwari had walked into Aswini’s training session in Gubbi village without much expectation. Rajeshwari had decided that she will go the nearby town to find herself a job as a data entry operator. She wasn’t happy about that decision considering that she will have to commute a long distance on a daily basis and the salary promised to her was just pittance. But Rajeshwari felt she had no other choice. Her family ran a petty shop in the village but the returns from it proved