Local Thrift News Today

"Carriage boots" were a fashionable and essential item for women in the 19th and 20th centuries.

 

In the Northeast of India back in the 1990s, there wasn’t much else on offer for the Jajo sisters. Foreign retail stores and businesses made few inroads in the 1990s despite economic liberalisation in 1992 that enabled foreign direct investment. Military operations and curfews also curtailed economic activity in the state, which was troubled with insurgencies. That left little room for the local economy to grow at the pace of the rest of India.  For clothes, locals in the state of Manipur ha...

From jewelry making to home improvement projects, students share how they make extra income while being a full-time student.&nbsp&#x3B;