Nushaura candles story: Five years ago, when Tanushree Jain moved from Rajasthan to Delhi to pursue her Masters, she witnessed a perceptible shift in her health. The national capital lived up to its notoriety as a polluted smokehouse and affected the 20-year-old's hair, breathing and being. Having heard of the wonders aromatherapy candles are said to work, Jain tried her hand at making some of her own. That was when the first seeds of Nushaura were sown.
"I started my venture with ten artisans," Jain, now 25, tells SheThePeople in an interview. "I wanted to support them in their journey to be financially independent." From ten, her candle-making community has now grown to 250 women, primarily from 15 villages across Rajasthan. 40 widows from Madhya Pradesh have also joined the team.
"I onboarded a candle-making expert who trained the artisans, and me as well," she says.