Startup India: Small businesses that shine in summer
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.
Ice Cream Sunil Kumar was working for Relaxo, the shoe company when he decided to quit out of ‘boredom’. Since six years, he diligently parks his Kwality Walls cart from 4 pm to midnight with an eye out for the swooping municipal authorities. Most days in the summer, he makes Rs 2500, enough to keep him at peace, he says