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“There Are No Readymade Answers”: Author Shares Skills Kids Need to be...
Bengaluru-based Vrunda Bansode, the author of ‘Becoming a Junior Entrepreneur’, dons many hats. She’s a mentor, teacher, writer, marketing and brand manager, and a mother to two boys. During COVID-19...
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How a Hyderabad Woman Is Bringing 100-YO Recipes To Life in Her Ancestral...
Succulent shammi kebabs, tender mutton shikhampur, rich tamate ka kut and dum ka murgh, and decadent qubani ka meetha — the menu of Khassa, a catering service, is full of mouthwatering dishes. The...
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Once a Daily Wager, Nagaland Entrerenuer Now Runs 3 Businesses & Trains 400...
At the age of 16, many teenagers begin planning their lives out and choosing a career path to pursue their ambitions. During the same period in his life, Ruovilhoukho Chuzho had to make the tough...
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Bengaluru Woman Quits Corporate Job to Make Authentic Spices, Gets 1000s Of...
While I don’t consider myself a South Indian food connoisseur, I love the cuisine. Growing up, I regularly ate dosa with sambar, chutney, or molagapudi (spice mix) with ghee. Little did I know, these...
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Son Quits Job to Sell Ma’s Special Vada Pav at Traffic Signals, Earns Rs 2...
On my recent visit to Mumbai, I got stuck in traffic that took me four hours longer to reach my destination. Between the tiring and slow-moving traffic at a junction and my hope of arriving at my...
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How Nina Lekhi Built Baggit: A Rs 111 CR Brand Started With Rs 7000 Loan From...
‘Failure is the stepping stone to success’ — an oft-used proverb is a true testament to the life of 55-year-old Nina Lekhi, founder of vegan accessories brand Baggit. If you had told Nina, in 1985,...
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Mom’s Home Remedy For Acne Turns Into Skin Care Brand, Earns Rs 80,000 Per Month
One of my cherished memories from my growing up years revolves around my grandmother oiling my hair on Sunday’s. This was followed by washing it off with a powder that she would hand pound, and later,...
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How We Made And Sold Over 25 Lakh Samosas To Build Our Dream Startup
To say that the samosa is India’s staple snack would not be much of a reach. The deep-fried triangular pastry, usually stuffed with spicy potatoes and peas, or meat, transcends regional and class...
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How a Self Help Course Helped Me Rebuild My Family’s Rs 5 Crore Restaurant...
From living in a Mumbai slum to owning a restaurant chain in Maximum City, Hari Kotian agrees his life has definitely changed for the better. Though he still remembers the days where his mother...
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How My Dog’s Skin Condition Inspired Me to Launch My Organic Pet Products Line
The surge in demand for organic skincare and haircare products has led to an influx of these in the marketplace. And the pet care industry has jumped on board the organic bandwagon too. What Indian pet...
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22-YO Maharashtra Girl Upscales Family’s Dairy Farm, Now Earns Rs 6 Lakh a Month
Shraddha Dhawan’s family never had more than six buffaloes in their house. In fact, the 21-year-old, a native of Nighoj village (located about 60 km from Ahmednagar), recalls that at one point in time,...
View ArticleWatch: Meet The Tibetan Woman Who Started Delhi’s First Momo Stall
The steamed delicacy that we call momos — often filled with lightly garnished meat or vegetables, might well be comfort food to every and anybody. While today they can easily be found at every street...
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14-YO Conducts Online Classes To Help Senior Citizens Become Tech-Savvy
Senior citizens often face troubles with using technology. Some struggle to download new applications, and others even to send a simple text message. Fourteen-year-old Tanvi Arvind’s grandparents found...
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Inspired By Sons, Noida Woman Creates Dry Fruit Sweets; Earns Rs 1 Lakh Per...
Like many mothers, Rida Sajad (36) struggled to get her children, Miraan (4) and Moeez (7), to inculcate healthy eating habits. The challenge only became harder when she insisted they eat dry fruits....
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Mother-Daughter Duo Grow A ‘Spicy’ Hobby Into Successful, Empowering Business
Aarti Samant describes her mother’s cooking as a “bite of heaven”. She says, “My dabba (lunch box) was always the sought after one, whether in school or later at my workplace.” Any dish, no matter how...
View ArticleWatch: Smog to Tiles? Mumbai Startup Re-purposes 30,000 Litres of Polluted Air
India has been recording an increase in PM 2.5 pollution since 2010. According to the World Air Quality Report, 14 of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities are located in India with the building and...
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After Losing Job, Kerala Man Recreates Mom’s Fryums Recipe, Earns Rs...
When P Siva Kumar, a native of Palakkad in Kerala, lost his job 16 years ago, his family’s survival hit a massive roadblock. “I lost my job at BPL when my office closed down. I was under a lot of...
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Bengaluru Woman’s All-New Streetlight Does The Job of 3 Regular Ones & Saves...
In March 2017, Monika Jha, a graduate of Electrical and Electronics from R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru, was working on her final year project on the Automation of Street Lighting. But while...
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Bihar Man Came to Mumbai Barefoot to ‘Meet Stars’. Today They Are Fans of His...
This is a quintessential ‘boy from a remote village makes it big in Maximum City’ story. In 1996, Jameel Shah set foot in Mumbai with just Rs 100 in his pocket, a desire to meet Hindi movie actors and...
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Kerala Man Quit IAS & Built India’s Biggest Manufacturer of Blood Bags
How many of you can honestly say that a one-hour conversation changed the entire course of your life? In May 1983, Balagopal Chandrasekhar visited the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences...
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