Screen printing is like cooking with different ingredients

Before marriage, I was ignorant about the screen printing. My husband Sunil Panda was doing it. We got married in 1999. Initially, he was doing it alone. But in 2002, due to some problem, he stopped it for six months. At that time, he was doing only design jobs. And his unit was nearly three miles away from our home. But due to various problems, he shifted it to our residence. At that time he got an order from Bangalore for a design job but we did not have any staff with us. So he sought my help

03 Jul 2017 | By PrintWeek India

I still remember the day — 16 October 2002. I wholeheartedly supported him for executing the job; he took the position of a printer and I took the position of racker. We both cannot forget that date in our life. Since then we have been progressing year after year in screen printing.

I am now fully involved in the business and I support my husband as far as possible. We both work in unity, and take each other’s advice. We have woman staff in our company. It is my responsibility to allot them work and monitor their progress. In addition, I take care of accounting work as well.

If women can be a part of defense, science and technology, what prevents women in entering screen printing? Women can certainly excel in screen printing since it also involves use of various ingredients like in the kitchen.

There is gender inequality in business. In our conservative society we feel less number of women in business. But things are changing, and day-by-day more women are entering different fields of socio-economic activities.

(Santilata Panda works at Krishna Creative Crafts, Bhubaneshwar.)

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