Tilonia Bazaar

Hatheli Sansthan at the Barefoot College Tilonia. The Barefoot College began promoting rural craft to address these problems of under-employment.

In the early ’70s, the lack of employment in the villages of Rajasthan forced many of the rural poor to migrate to cities. When the youth fled, they took with them the dying hopes of their parents- who were weavers, blacksmiths, potters, builders, carpenters, farmers-to pass on the traditional skills to the next generation. They left behind not only their families but also the knowledge their elde  ...