It has been one year since I have been closely involved with the lantana furniture project of The Shola Trust. This past year TST continued to engage with the lantana furniture unit in Moyar and also helped the community set up a lantana furniture unit in thepakaadu village. Looking back at the year gone by, these were the key patterns that emerged from our engagement with this project. 1) Good response to the products – The positive that emerged was that there was a really

Handicrafts have always been an integral part of Indian culture. The craft, or handicraft, sector is the largest decentralized and unorganized sector of the Indian economy. Craftspeople form the second largest employment sector in India, next only to agriculture. Mostly it uses existing skills and locally available materials. Given the sheer number of craftsmen in India, the traditional knowledge and skills of the community, and the easily available local materials, it is ama