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To Reduce Hairfall Post Illness, 64-YO Starts Hair Oil Biz at Home, Sells...
In 2016, after a bout of chikungunya, Veena Malhotra (64) started experiencing an unusual amount of hair fall. She recalls that she tried various kinds of oils and remedies, but nothing seemed to...
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How Neha Narkhede Fought Sexism to Be India’s ‘Youngest Self-Made Woman...
Neha Narkhede is the newest entrant to the (India Infoline Limited) IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022. The list featured the 37-year-old as the ‘youngest self-made woman entrepreneur’. An...
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I Quit My Job To Sell Traditional Pottery & Here’s How It Earns Me Lakhs
Few may know the perils of using non-stick utensils, which may provide ease of cooking. They have been found harmful to both the environment and us. But what is the alternative? While the market is...
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Once Run From a Garage, Woman’s Startup Earns Crores, Weaves Change for...
“I remember these young girls, all of 12 or 14 years of age sitting with guns in their hands. On asking them why they weren’t in school I was met with sniggers. They told me that my reality was far...
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Class 12 Pass Street Vendor Innovates Unique Machine to Make 1 Kg ‘Pakoras’...
How many bhajjiyas/pakoras (fritters) do you think can be made in about 15 minutes? Basant Kumar Chandrakar (36), a resident of Chhattisgarh, says that approximately half a kilogram of...
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Couple’s Startup for Home Gym Equipment Earns $5 Million in Revenue With Zero...
When the pandemic struck India in March 2020, fitness enthusiasts Rhea Anand Singh and her husband Raunaq were in Delhi looking for ways to work out. With all the gyms shut down, they began looking...
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65-YO Bottles Childhood Memories in Jam & Pickle Jars; Earns Rs 1.5 Lakh/Month
Pickle or, as we know them colloquially, achaar, oorgai, uppinikai, loncha – these words represent emotions. All across the country, we are united by our love for this sometimes spicy, sometimes...
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Homemaker Turns Love For Cooking into Indian Fast Food Biz, Earns Rs 1.5...
For Seema Makwana from Mumbai, the COVID lockdown was a life-changing period, wherein she finally found her calling. The homemaker and mother of two experimented with her cooking and baking skills...
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Uttarakhand’s ‘Aipan Girl’ Revives Traditional Himalayan Art, Provides Jobs...
You may have come across white drawings of conch shells, flowers, footsteps of goddesses, etc, drawn against a characteristic red background. This ritualistic folk art is synonymous with the Kumaon...
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Couple Turn Barren Land into Organic Paradise With Aloe, Moringa; Help...
It was one day in 2017 while driving to their workplace in Delhi that a couple from Bhopal was left startled. Sudhanshu Sharma and his wife Susmita Roy were working in the national capital. He was in...
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In New York, Brothers Serve Nostalgia & Magic of Kolkata in Cups of Authentic...
For Ayan and Ani Sanyal, two brothers now in their thirties, the start of school holidays in Massachusetts meant their favourite time of the year — two months with their extended family in their...
View ArticleCouple Sell Rajma Chawal from a Car That They Once Lived in; Earn Rs 60,000...
It is a usual busy morning. Karan and Amrita’s Alto is packed with the day’s stock of rajma (kidney beans) and kadhi chawal (curd curry with rice). They are heading to park it at their favourite spot...
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Okra Chips to Chikoo Candies: Mom-Daughter Help Farmers Earn With Dehydrated...
Back in 2017, Keerthi Priya from Hyderabad was working in Bengaluru. While she was juggling her corporate job responsibilities, living away from home came with its own challenges. She would often miss...
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Ex-BARC Scientist’s Startup Designs Sustainable Hygiene Products; Gets Rs 6...
In a report by The Lancet that spoke about infections associated with health care in India, one of the barriers to preventing infection is the inappropriate use of sanitary and hygiene measures,...
View Article2 Indian-Origin Entrepreneurs in Fortune’s List Make Waves in Crypto & Health...
Two Indian-origin entrepreneurs have made it to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list for 2022. The list shines a light on “founders, executives, investors, and activists…[who are] creating and seizing...
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Duo Quit Jobs to Bring Italy’s Centuries-Old Pizza to Mumbai, Earn Rs 24...
The story goes that in 1889, a baker by the name of Raffaele Esposito visited the quaint town of Naples, Italy, and wanted to pay tribute to the royals and the recent unification of the region. So he...
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Self-Made Punjab Agripreneur Supplies Corn to Multinationals; Earns Rs 7 Cr...
Hailing from Batala in Punjab, Jagmohan Singh Nagi had a keen interest in agriculture and the food business from a young age. His father used to do flour mill repair work and wanted his son to work in...
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Daughter Helps 63-YO Start Live Cooking Channel; Features 800 Moms & Their...
Vijay Haldiya had a keen interest in cooking since she was a child. She would assist her mother in the kitchen and learnt several recipes from her. After her education, she got married, and in her own...
View ArticleDoctor-Turned-Artist Starts Mandala Art Business from Home; Earns in Lakhs...
In 2008, when Chhaya Meena moved from Rajasthan to the small town of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, she suffered from culture shock and homesickness. She had to shift places because her husband, who worked...
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Fashion Grad Breathes Life into Centuries-Old Rajasthani Prints, Earns Rs 3...
In Rajasthan, a tiny village by the name of Akola has been, for centuries, associated with a unique block printing style — dabu. It is said that it replicates the colours of the sky — blue of the day,...
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