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Written by Krishna Kumar   
Saturday, 01 May 2010 00:00
Most bottom-of-the-pyramid entrepreneurs have to do multiple businesses to keep home hearths burning. Those who give tourists a ride on their camels in the desert of Rajastan are no exception

For a tourist visiting Bikaner, Raisar is the nearest point where they can get an authentic feel of...

 
Business at Traffic Signals
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People - Street Business
Written by Abhishek Chanda   
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 00:00
A short halt at a traffic signal and you are virtually in the middle of a market with shabbily dressed salesmen selling items such as books, flowers, dusters and toys. Who are these people and how does this street business go on?

He wears ragged clothes, has mud and dirt smeared in patches...

 
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...

 
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