Gujarat : 10 years after MADNESS Meet Three Women From Small-Town Gujarat, Who Lost Everything In The 2002 Riots, But Went On To Become The Breadwinners Of Their Families Yasmin Vohra could easily have given up on her dream of becoming an entrepreneur after her small shop of knickknacks and home in Prantij were set […]
Continue readingCivil servant’s uniform charity code brightens rural schools
Many of us are used to getting our children school uniforms for the new academic year. One man thought of putting the discarded uniforms to good use by donating them to children in community schools in remote villages, and also recycling them for use of those who do not know what a school uniform is. […]
Continue readingKnotting in harmony and income
Nazma Saiyad, 35, a home maker and mother of two, is busy keeping with her new craft of crochet art work at Sarkhej Roza – a monumental ode to communal harmony. Saiyad who barely knows how to read and write wants to upgrade her craft skills to supplement her family’s income. “I always fancied learning […]
Continue readingNRG to set up country’s 1st solar desalination plant
Perry Mehta, only Gujarati awarded in the White House for entrepreneur skills last year, is setting up the country’s first solar plant to desalinate sea water in Surat. Mehta, founder of FutureNet – IT service provider and environment technology firm, is the only Gujarati-origin business person recognized as the 50 most outstanding Asian-American businessmen by […]
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