What is your name, your age, and your village?
- Kanshalya Veshnau, 17 Chandelau. She works at the Sundar Rang Craft Center.
What is your hourly wage? What is your monthly wage?
- With full attendance, the Chandelau women make 1500 rupees a month. That is 8 hours a day, 22 days.
How long did you train with Veerni?
- Four months.
Would you like to have more sewing training? What is your opinion of Veerni’s training?
- Veerni’s training is good. Yes, it would be good to have more training. (Tailoring)
Are you married? How many children do you have?
- She is married but not effectively.
Are you literate? How do you keep account of the money you earn? Do you keep your salary or do you give it to someone else?
- I keep it all for myself. I keep it at home in a bank. I have completed the 10th form.
Does your sewing income influence how you are treated in the home, by your husband and your mother-in-law?
- Yes, her parents do treat her better. They ask her if she has had enough rest, etc. (Most of the interviewees have trouble talking about themselves in a personal way, so this info is difficult to get. They seem to take their treatment for granted, whatever it is.)
Has earning money empowered you? How?
- It makes me very happy. It is an awesome feeling.
Are you able to save any money?
- Has saved 10,000 rupees.
Should women work?
- Yes, women should be able to do everything. And they should be expert at whatever they do.