Ila Sachani : Embroidering Dreams with her Feet

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Ila Sachani is a woman from Amreli, Gujarat, born into a farmer's family. She became a celebrated embroidery artist and received the President's Medal.

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Ila Sachani lives and works in a tiny room in Moti Vavdi village, Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Her room is filled with bright embroidered items like cushions, bedcovers, and pillows.

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Kathiawar embroidery is a traditional style of embroidery that needs a lot of skill. Ila learned this art from her mother and grandmother and later became very good at it.

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Ila was born with her hands hanging loose by her sides. Because of this, she could not use her hands in the usual way.

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She wanted to join other children in drawing figures in the sand and plucking wild flowers, but she could not use her hands like them. This made her wonder why she could not join them.

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Her mother and grandmother encouraged her and taught her embroidery using her feet. Her parents also helped her learn daily activities like eating and combing her hair with her legs.

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Ila's younger brother and sister helped her while she was learning embroidery, including helping with threading needles.

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Threading a needle was hard because she had to do the work with her feet instead of her hands. Still, she did not give up and became an expert at a young age.