What is the business behind stage setting; canopy setting and scaffolding for cultural/technical functions and events in open? Is this an opportunity that Indian entrepreneurs can think to tap? Do you feel that you can start a business of providing scaffolding, labor and stage setting skills for functions and events? It was in the year […]
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It is almost impossible to understand the overall structure of any language: the way it has been developed by the people who lived earlier on earth; the way they developed the symbols to connote the sounds of those consonants and vowels; and the grammar rules that are set up for each and every language! The
Indian Classical Music Indian music is sublime in its expression, deep in its origin, majestic in its speed, and all-encompassing in its subtlety. “Sangeet—संगीत” or “Gān—गान”, as it is known in Indian languages, is a form of worship or a mode through which the exponent offers his/her prayers to his/her chosen deity or any form
Indian Art Indian art goes back to the times where getting an exact date of anything being started becomes difficult due to lack of evidences and supporting materials. History and art go together in this land, and no wonder that Indian art, with its vast scope and multiple facets, has been there throughout every age,
While you think of a garden, lawn or field, what you would focus your imagination on? Its beautiful plants, grass or scenic beauty that the flowers might have created, right? But being an entrepreneur or looking to start a business around gardens, what will pop up in your mind?
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Yesterday, on February 24, 2010, I visited Zakir Rose Garden in Chandiarh–Asia’s largest Rose garden. The garden sprawls over 42.07 acre of land and houses large varities of roses, some of which are considered very rare. The garden was built in 1967 under the guidance of first Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh, Dr. M S Randhawa
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Have you seen children running behind a balloon-seller in the streets? If you have a family, are you being repeatedly pestered by demands to buy balloons by your own children? Then, you are right there. Balloons are one of those items that have wide range of varieties and offer business opportunities from very micro-level to
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Picked from Wikipedia: India is both densely populated and has high solar insolation, providing an ideal combination for solar power in India. Much of the country does not have an electrical grid, so one of the first applications of solar power has been for water pumping, to begin replacing India’s four to five million diesel
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A few months back, I took an exercise that involved visiting four different food outlets and spending an hour in each one of them and observing the profile of customers. I was in Gurgaon and decided to visit, McDonald, KFC, Nirula’s and Pizza Hut. Apart from noticing the profile of customers, I noticed a particular
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If you go to the countryside in India, you will notice the usage of buffalo dung for various functions. The primary one is as a fuel for cooking while pasting walls and floors of the houses is another one. It is noticeable here that pasting of walls and floors by cow or buffalo dung is
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Construction industry is booming in India with lots of projects going on in different cities. Construction of bridges and metro rail is the major activity that is going in major cities like Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. Do you find it interesting to try your hands in this industry? Are you looking to construct your entrepreneurial
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Hailed as Koodal Managar, Madurai has a unique and enviable place in Tamil culture. This is an important city in the south that enjoys a long and wide reference in Tamil texts. Madurai was the capital city of the Pandiyas, one of the three ancient Tamil kingdoms. It was also the famous seat of Tamil
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Started in November 2006, the Mumbai Angels is a unique forum where its members may interact and exchange ideas and knowledge. The Mumbai Angels provides a unique platform to start up and very early stage companies by bringing them face to face with successful entrepreneurs, professionals and executives who are interested in and have the
Visiting Puttaparti, Andhra Pradesh When you think to visit Puttaparti (Puttāparti, the last ‘t’ being soft), it is imperative that you are curious, attracted or looking to visit Sri Sathya Sai Baba (‘th’ again gives the sound of soft ‘t’). Puttaparti itself is a very small village but due to the transformation that Bhagwan Sri
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Looking at this picture, what comes to your mind? Anything related to efforts, concern, precision and continuity? These workers criss-cross these iron bars to make them fibers of strength that would sustain the weight of metro-railway and carry whole load of passengers and commuters. An entrepreneur criss-crosses in the same vein. While he/she develops an
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Vegetables are one of the most needed and consumed items. Every household uses vegetables on daily basis though some buy them for 2-3 days given that they have the luxury of a refrigerator. But there are millions of people who don’t own a fridge but still buy vegetables. Vegetables are picked from farmers by aggregators
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Tea vending is one of the most popular street businesses in India. You go to any place in India, be it cities, metros, towns, or even countryside, you will come to notice some people preparing tea (chai). Construction sites, corporate offices, busy marketplaces, countryside roads, highways, colleges canteens, hospitals and what not–these tea vendors pervade
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Karan Singh asked me to give him a moment so that he could go in and check his face in the mirror. This was because I told him that I will take his picture along with what he was selling. While roaming around in the Sector 14 of Gurgaon, I noticed a huge pile of
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Idol making has been a traditional occupation in India and elsewhere also. Molding, casting, dies and what not—all the mechanical processes that you learn in production technology, are practiced by these idol makers.
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While visiting Swaminarayana Akshardham in Delhi, I took a bus from Vir Hakikat Rai Interstate Bus Stand, Sarai Kale Khan. While crossing the Nizamuddin Bridge, I noticed attractive and big-size flowers on the left side. There are many of them and I was drawn to their beauty and size. So, while returning from my visit
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