I am Tumpa Das1 (she/her). I live in Khudiram Pally. I used to be a housewife. I am very happy to have joined Chaader Haat. I first worked in a project for Dada (Bhabotosh Sutar), a part of which was called Shunnotar Shekar (Roots of Emptiness). Then I worked in mushroom cultivation. We all work hand-in-hand for the pujas too and will continue to do so in the future. I want to work more over here. I have worked in Dada’s project and want work again and again. Starting off as a housewife, I am very happy to have had the opportunity to work here. I want to carry on the good work in the future. Didi gave me the chance to work on mushroom cultivation and I loved that too. I practiced it at my home too. In Chaader Haat one can learn various crafts. We have learnt to work on new crafts which we never knew about. Because we all work together, we enjoy it a lot and we also get to learn very fast. I feel very good to have got the opportunity to work here and learn new crafts instead of staying at home all the time as a housewife. I had never thought I could learn so much. I thought my life would end being a housewife. I am very happy to have experienced the learning process. I want to learn more in the future.
- Sounding translation from Bengali. ↩︎
