36-year-old Babita Jha of Sarlahi Ishwarpur lives with a tent in Gaushala Bazar to support her 2 children. After the children went to school, it was difficult to spend time in the camp. Jha, who studied up to class 10, wanted to start her own business. But it was not possible due to lack of money.

Babita doesn't realize the day has passed as her friends gossip and start making pickles. She has started 'Saheli Achar Production' together with friends who gossip in their spare time. Like Babita, the housewives of the Gaushala market were at leisure. There was not much work after cooking and sending the children to school. Some used to spend their free time using their mobile phones, some gossiping with their neighbours. But now housewives don't have time to use mobile phones and meet neighbors.

After her husband got employed, she joined a group of women camping in the market area to educate their children and started a pickle business. Housewives of Gaushala Bazar have started producing Saheli Achar together with their friends. Making good use of her free time, she has started making delicious pickles by purchasing agricultural products that are wasted in households. 11 housewives have started pickle business.

The turnover of the women's group, which started making pickles by saving 2/2 thousand rupees, has reached 100,000. Ranjith Kumari Karna, president of the industry, said that after 6 months of efforts, they started selling pickles commercially under the name Saheli Achar Udyog. "All our friends have started the pickle industry by investing 2,000, 10,000 to 25,000," said Karna. We have given 80 rupees per hour to the members who have assigned the responsibility of delivery, said Karna. Karna, the president of the

industry, has no one to take care of her mother-in-law at home, so she quits teaching at a private school and spends her free time in the pickle industry along with housework. Karna, who left the teaching profession, formed a group with her friends with the concept of making pickles and selling them.

Pavitra Acharya, another member of the industry, has been given the task of promoting the market by renting a house to make and keep pickles. Acharya is a public school teacher. She handles the administrative work of the industry. Acharya said that in the industry that started with making mango pickle, now bitter gourd, lemon, amla, carrot, radish, ginger, garlic and chilli pickles are being made. "We make 5 types of pickles from mangoes, including Fakka, Kasauni, Ledo, Mango-Chilli mix," said Acharya, "Now people around the retail shop are buying it." The industry was not registered, now it is registered. Now we will increase the production by supplying to wholesalers and supermarkets.'

'Using the free time, we have started an industry to become self-sufficient by purchasing amla, bitter gourd, mango, radish, carrot and making pickles when they are available cheaply in the market,' she said. It was only the simple skills learned at home when planning to start pickle production. Now the members are trained in pickle making, Acharya said. Along with the skills, we also added the tools. From keeping pickles to selling them in the market, we learned how to determine the price.