Archive · 3 Aug 2026
Aftertaste Foundation Empowers Women Through Art and Craft
Shalini Datta moved from Kolkata to Mumbai to help people.
She started a group called Aftertaste Foundation that teaches women how to make art and craft items.
These women make things like journals, bags, and lamps.
They sell them at shows and to companies.
The program helps women earn money, feel confident, and give their children a better future.
Shalini Datta founded Aftertaste Foundation after moving from Kolkata to Mumbai to address inequality.
The NGO trains underserved women in art and craft to create over 100 handcrafted products.
Women produce items such as journals, bags, lamps, and decorative hangings for exhibitions and corporate orders.
The program emphasizes community‑based work near homes, accommodating household responsibilities.
Aftertaste aims to break intergenerational poverty by building skills, confidence, and financial independence.
- Who
- Shalini Datta and Aftertaste Foundation
- What
- Empowering underserved women through art and craft training
- Where
- Mumbai, India
- Why
- To break intergenerational poverty and create sustainable livelihoods
- Founder
- Shalini Datta
- Location
- Mumbai, India
- Products
- 100+ handcrafted items
- Exhibitions
- 75-80 per year
- Target Beneficiaries
- Underserved women and single mothers