Online businesses are not new and neither are handmade products, but a symbiotic enterprise that benefits both makers and sellers is news to me. Aside from promoting indigenous cultures and their products Pallavi Keshri also ensures that a chunk of the profits find its way back to the artisan unlike most others.

Mark Twain said “"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” It seems that more often than not women are excluded from this kind of travel that grants freedom from the dark side of life. Thanks to Sumitra Senapaty women in India can now travel without restraints anywhere they please. Her specially formulated package tours are mad exclusively for women to promote a “sense of emancipation through travel”

micromobs is a group messaging service and is the easiest way to manage and communicate with multiple groups. micromobs presents your group messages as a stream of posts, similar to your Facebook or Twitter streams.

On micromobs though, your stream is focused exclusively on your groups which means you can chose which messages to respond to and which messages to skim over or ignore. Now your group messages will no longer clutter your inbox, and you wont need to go to different websites to interact with your various social groups.Himani Amoli of micromobs speaks to YourStory on her entrepreneurial journey so far.

“Cultural Values with Creativity”

Most modern Indian woman have found that they are more interested in playing sports, learning musical instruments or focusing on their career rather than staying at home learning cultural values. Many Indians who have been born and brought up abroad have never found the time to learn all these cultural traits, however they do hope to preserve them but have never really taken the time to learn. Sima Thakkar is a young entrepreneur who has come to their rescue with goodindiangirl.com a site that brings a fresh look to traditional values.