US based Marathi actress Ashwini Bhave visits her motherland every year around this time. Last year, to encourage protection of environment, she had gifted plants to 15 actresses in Mumbai. This year also she gifted plants to 10 male actors, so that they pass on the same to the most important woman in their life. Besides this, her visit to India this year turned more special for another reason. Ashwini Bhave visited a village Jambhulpada in Raigad district on the occasion of Women’s day and showed a fine gesture by gifting sewing machines to deserving poor women, so as to enable them to earn something for their needs.

Speaking about her visit, Ashwini said that she was in touch with an NGO ‘Sudhagad Hitvardhini Sabha’ working for the welfare of this village. “Since I was in Mumbai during the Women’s day, I though that I should spend some time with those poor women in village and that’s how the idea of gifting them with sewing machines came to my mind.” she added.