“Our country is celebrating its 75 th year. It’s a historic moment. We are so happy and proud to be part of this major work,” gushes Divya Vijayaraj, Tailoring Consortium Treasurer of Kudumbashree in Ernakulam. She is speaking on behalf of the hundreds of Kudumbashree women who were engaged in stitching the Tricolor for the Har Ghar Tiranga event to mark the 75 th year of Indian Independence and the related Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The mammoth task of tailoring 2 lakh flags in 12 days for Ernakulam district came to a close on August 8. The work was distributed among 55 units, each with four to five women. Besides the direct involvement of these women, there were as many as 1,000 who were stitching the Tricolour at their homes.
Shyamala Bose, leading the Palluruthy Unit at Sowparnika Cloth Bag Unit and assisted by Renny Benny and Uma Devi Rajesh, said it has been hectic but extremely satisfying.
