Astral Kind, launched by Madhya Pradesh-based Ankita Kureel in May 2019 as a sustainable and 100% natural skin care brand, offers a total of 20 products that this teenager prepares and hand packs while attending school.
The opportunities for labour are many, but the wages are uncertain. After many years of this instability, when the opportunity for a steady income came Maheshwari's way, she was excited and weary.
At a time when over consumption of plastic and a use-and-throw culture is choking the planet, borrowing a leaf from India’s age-old sustainable habits could make a small but important difference
Flowers make for popular presents, and while they pop out the colours of your room and make it smell as fresh as a meadow, the glamour only lasts for a couple of days, before you have to throw them away.