Woman's life is very miserable.
The main reason
for that is man.
So why a man
documenting all these things
about women.
It's a strange thing.
Jim started to talk 
about the men
who are doing very
bad things on women.
The women started, oh, 
surprising,
One man is talking like this.
Lastly day I met a girl,
who dropped her education to
to help her family.
I can't accept.
cause the education 
is the only way
to be empowered.
To get their own life.
For what?
As a component for chicken coop.
My mother had an intention
to educate her daughters.
She started to work as a 
housemaid.
We could not pay the rent.
House was open.
It's the rainy season, monsoon 
time.
the house fell down.
We three children, and my mom
trapped in the house.
And finally, it's a long 
journey.
Santhi, third daughter also got 
married.
Mom: What's the problem with 
that? 
She is trapped in her house.
Mom: She escaped and is having a
good life now.
Jim is planning to show his work
all over the world.
Not only for women,
His audience will be the men 
too.
I'm going to, washing the 
clothes.
Kulikia? No Alikua.
No, no..   washing the clothes 
in Malayalam, Alikua.
How come you're a man doing your
laundry? 
Why don't you get your wife to 
do it?
Its my duty to wash my clothes.
She is sick now, so I am going 
to wash her clothes also.
My mother wash all the clothes.
We are three children and 
My father is a politician.
So he used to change every day.
Two or more pair of dress.
It is very difficult job. 
That's why I help.
That becomes a question for men.
What are you doing to support
women's empowerment?
I think it's so tragic.
We should empower the women.
All over the country.
Well shanti has joined me on is 
journey
to really learn about Kerala and
explore it after all these   
years. 
By the time the other states
started thinking of educating
women, we are already up.
That is why all the programs
are very successful in Kerala
because of the High literacy.
I had the opportunity to meet
the excellent, excellent
professor, excellent writers,
excellent historians in the
Kerala.
it gave me the
ability to think.
Farming is what I like.
I enjoy doing it.
I feel connected to Nature. 
From dawn till I go to sleep. 
I feel happy to
work on this earth.
We do all the jobs together.
Chores at home, even cooking.
Sasi helps me with it all.
Kudumbashree is the base of all
the advancement recently
 I think in Kerala.
Everyone here has a farm.
This is the main source of
income for the family.
We are not doing any other jobs.
Kudumbashree is a very large 
network of women's self help 
groups in Kerala. 
It's 41 lakhs strong. Huge.
It covers more than half of the 
families in the state.
It has been a
really good change.
I cannot express in words.
They are independent and
earn their own living.
So the mission is to eradicate
absolute poverty in ten years.
through economic development of 
women.
through social development of 
poor families
and by including all the poor 
families.
That is the summary or crux of
Kudumbashree.
Each homestead will become self-
sufficient in everything...
in their own food, 
their income...
their management of waste.
Everything to be sustainable.
For the kitchen, our lunch. 
3 Years earlier, I was a 
housewife, only. 
So we discussed about
 our future plan 
and then we grouped, and
five members joined together
and started a Kudumbashree group
to earn money.
With a small bank loan
 we started,
and now we have our own money
to spend for these machines,
and for purchasing materials.
Our production depends
 upon the local economy.
Our buyers are from
 our district.
All these bags have 
the same words.
Avoid plastic and serve Nature.
We can make thousands of
 cotton bags in a day.
These are our school bags.
This one is the laptop bag.
Before coming here, 
we were in a room,
in the house, 
and we had no freedom.
Now we are earning money.
and, doing our work.
Discussing our problems. 
Finding solutions.
It is a great comfort for us. 
Now we joke that if something 
needs
to be done in Kerala, it has to 
be
done by Kudumbashree.
nobody else can do it.
