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A conversation with an ordinary farmer
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Written by Binesh Kutty   
Monday, 01 March 2010 00:00
Ramesh Waman (55) is just another farmer and there is nothing special about him as such. But spend a day with him, like I did, and you realize the commonalities between an entrepreneur and a farmer

It is a pleasant January morning and we take a walk in the farmlands located in Adgaon, which...

 
The making of Pashmina
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Written by Yamini Upereti   
Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00
Imran, a young man from Kashmir, quit his job to get into the family business of shawls and carpets, the journey that he is quite enjoying.

Imran Hussain Meer, a businessman from Kashmir, shares a smile as he displays the exquisite range of pashmina products such as shawl, scarves and stoles.

 
A key-maker & her enterprise
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Written by Vivek Kumar   
Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00
Having spent three decades making duplicate keys, this woman entrepreneur from a small town in Punjab relies on her expertise and pricing strategy to keep the business going

Shimla Devi is a micro-entrepreneur, who guesses that she could be 60 years old, is in the business of making duplicate...

 
The Microentrepreneurship of a Roadside Tea Vendor
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Written by Vivek Kumar   
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 00:00

The dynamics of how chai-walas manage this small-scale but extremely popular business, which is omnipresent in India

Tea (Chai, Chaya) is undoubtedly the singular most consumed beverage in all Indian households. India is the one of the largest producers of tea in the world.

 
Hanging by a thread
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Written by Aswathi Muralidharan   
Sunday, 01 November 2009 00:00
The puppetry business, once lucrative, is now sobbing on the fringes. However, some artists are still trying hard to keep the art alive while making ends meet

The spiraling and dingy lanes of Katputli Colony, a slum cluster in New Delhi, are inhabited by nearly 12,000 artists—puppeteers...

 
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