The first sales of GO DESi happened at a flea market. It was a milieu of products sourced from a farmer cooperative in Sirsi, it was not even called GO DESi then.
Next came NSRCEL (IIM Bs Startup Incubator) who helped us with placing our products in the IIM B canteen. We also sampled our products in all mentor meetings, conferences and pitch presentations. Read more “Building Blocks”
When reading this you’re probably sitting comfortably in front of your laptop, in your office chair during a “brain” break, or lounging on your living couch scrolling uncontrollably through your smartphone to kill time on a boring Sunday afternoon. Have you ever wondered how your life would be if you had to take a risk and completely change your career, how your life would be if you had to abandon the job you know so well for another one you know nothing about? Let’s face it! Not many of us have the courage to take that leap of faith and plunge heads on into the unknown, mostly because we don’t have to. But what if you had to? Read more “The Beautician and the Tailor”
What is with tamarind that wakes up the taste bud like no other fruit. We, Indians have been using tamarind since the time of Mahabharat and Vedas. Folklore says that the beautiful shape of the tamarind leaves is a result of Laxman’s skill with bow & arrow. Read the story. Even the word Tamarind comes from Arabic meaning the Indian date. Read more “The Curious Case of Tamarind Love”
It’s almost impossible not to be in awe of the spectacle nature unfolds before our very eyes. We have been blessed indeed with a stretch of land that truly encompasses countless natural wonders and as part of this mythical subcontinent, the south of the country seems a magical realm in itself. Especially to the eyes of a northern bred kid:)
GO DESI just launched a yummy healthy snack called Sukkeli, which is really tiny gummy bits of naturally dried Elaichi banana or “kari bale”, how we like to call them down south.
You might wonder what’s the relation between the Sukkeli banana bites & independence and we might have never found out the story either hadn’t we travelled to Ashok’s small banana farm in Gollikai village. Read more “Bananas & Independence”
It’s always difficult to start a journey and the first steps will almost surely be sabotaged by personal worries, too little time, fear of the unknown, misconceptions, indecisiveness, and definitely by lack of geographical knowledge. So then why not start with a map? A map of one’s own emotions that have been lying abandoned for too long like a dusty summer road in the middle of …nowhere.
