Startup India: Small businesses that shine in summer
A nation of billions has at least a million new enterprising ideas to make hay while the sun shines. Well, literally. As the blistering Indian summer sets in, the country’s street vendors make for a riot of colourful possibilities, as their small set-ups do brisk businesses. Here are a few.
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Mangoes
Jamal Mohamed leaps at any car that slows down at the sight of his horse-drawn cart, thrusting a slice of totapuri, a variety of mango he sells. Jamal and the others in the four carts along this stretch of a busy intersection in East Delhi are all from Meerut. We are a quarrelsome band of brothers, he says, especially when the sacks of mangoes sent by his big brother from Andhra Pradesh arrive. Dilliwallas aren't enthusiastic about this variety, he says, but buy them since it is cheaper than other varieties at Rs 70 a kilo.
Jamal Mohamed leaps at any car that slows down at the sight of his horse-drawn cart, thrusting a slice of totapuri, a variety of mango he sells. Jamal and the others in the four carts along this stretch of a busy intersection in East Delhi are all from Meerut. We are a quarrelsome band of brothers, he says, especially when the sacks of mangoes sent by his big brother from Andhra Pradesh arrive. Dilliwallas aren't enthusiastic about this variety, he says, but buy them since it is cheaper than other varieties at Rs 70 a kilo.
