In my panchayat, self-help groups are like a chulha we all feed — women save small amounts together for months, building trust and a joint fund that banks lend against without collateral. But listen, the loan itself is not the hard part; it's the weekly meetings in someone's courtyard, keeping every paisa accounted for, that demands real grit. I've seen a group of seven women get a loan for a tailoring unit, but only because their president, Phoolo Devi, kept the notebook cleaner than my thermos. The government papers call it 'social collateral,' yaar, but here it's just your neighbour's eye on you, steady as the sunrise.
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