One afternoon in her home in Bhopal, Dr Basu Choudhary placed her first mushroom bags inside a spare room. There were no grand plans or large investments — just a simple question: Can I grow mushrooms here?

That single step opened a path she never expected, shaping a new future for her and for many women around her.

Hailing from Bhopal and armed with a BSc in Biochemistry, Dr Basu was managing her home when mushroom cultivation first caught her attention. She set up 50 wheat-straw bags and sold her first harvest in the local........

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