Shubbrato Dutta lost his parents when he was quite young. There were monetary issues and to make his ends meet, he started doing odd jobs like managing a kitchen canteen and being a pick-up and delivery boy with a courier company in Kolkata. While he was with the courier company, the sales from his beat/territory…
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Vic Gaffney and The Farmers Market
My wife, a vegetarian, likes her food and always wants to serve the best on the table: the freshest greens, healthy dips, sauces and natural homemade drinks. It was only natural for her to start understanding where her vegetables come from and what goes into growing them. In her quest for good food, she discovered…
Santosh Ostwal and E-irrigation
While spending his summer vacations at a Karegaon village near Pune, Santosh Ostwal used to accompany his grandfather, who was on crutches, walk a distance of one kilometer to the farm at unearthly hours. They undertook the walks to switch on and off the pumps that irrigated the farmland. This had to be done because…