Tejuben was born in Dudhai, one of 7 sisters. All six of her sisters died and she and her only brother remain. Until she was eleven, she migrated with herds of goats and sheep, traveling as far as Madhya Pradesh. When her bother married, the family came to stay at home. Settled in the village, her mother did embroidery and spun yarn for other Rabaris, as labor work. Tejuben had been engaged to a boy who died. At the age of 11, she married his younger brother. But, according to Dhebaria custom, her anu, or transfer to her in-laws’ home, was not done until she was 21. With her in-laws, she migrated again, in Garda (western Kutch) until after the earthquake of 2001. Tejuben now stays in Lodai with her one daughter and two sons, the youngest of whom is 12 and in 4th grade. Her elder son works with his father, taking care of the village sheep and goats in a campsite in the western region of Abdasa taluka. Tejuben’s daughter is married but her anu is still to be performed. For anu, she says, we have to give blouses and bags. Her daughter does machine embroidery, and makes quilts for sale. Tejuben has no experience of formal education. There wasn’t any then, she says. Her mother taught her embroidery at age 5 or 6. She still recalls the toran set and kanchali she made. “That is our work.”