Taking Money Lessons Off the Page
TheMarketDigest started as articles and definitions. It is growing into something we can carry into classrooms and community halls in Gujarat, in the language people actually speak at home. This page keeps track of that work.
Most families learn about money the expensive way.
Very few students in India are ever taught how a bank account, an EMI or a UPI request actually works. They learn later, usually from a mistake: a credit card bill paid at the minimum, a “guaranteed” scheme that vanished, a phone call asking for an OTP. The families least able to afford those mistakes are also the least likely to have someone at home who can explain them in plain words.
The outreach side of TheMarketDigest exists to close that gap in person. Right now that means working with Bolbala Charitable Trust in Rajkot, and writing material in Gujarati and English that teachers and volunteers can use without us in the room.
Bolbala Charitable Trust
Bolbala is a Rajkot-based charitable trust that has worked with the city’s poorest families for more than three decades, guided by the idea that serving people is a form of worship. Its work ranges from food and emergency care to education and livelihoods, which is why money skills fit naturally alongside it.
- Shiksha Sahayata, its education support for children from low-income families
- Annapurna, delivering over 1,500 meals a day across Rajkot
- Kaushal Vikas and Mahila Shakti, skills and self-reliance programmes for young people and women
- Emergency medical help and long-term support for Divyang (disabled) residents
What exists today, ready to use
Students reached and workshop results will appear here after the first sessions with Bolbala. We would rather show nothing than show a number we cannot stand behind.
Moments from the Outreach
Photos from talks, workshops and sessions. More added as they happen.
Tijori
તિજોરી · પૈસાની સમજ, તમારી ભાષામાં
Tijori explains how money actually works, in the Gujarati that families speak at home, with the English words everyone already uses for banks, EMIs and SIPs. It moves from what money is and how budgets work, through banks and UPI, interest, inflation and savings, to shares, loans and insurance, and ends with how to spot a scam and read the news. Nine parts, plus a glossary of 44 terms explained in Gujarati.
Want to bring this to your school or community?
Reach out and let’s figure out what that could look like, whether it is a single session, a printed set of Tijori, or a term-long course.
Email us: hello@themarketdigest.in