Samsara & Amazing,

No, I have never been to an IIT, much less attended one!

I caught my 'business bug', so to speak, while working on behalf of the bonded Tharu agricultural laborers (aka kamaiya) deep in the villages of
far Western Nepal . . . when I saw that the meager earnings that a family took home every night from their micro-business  gave them a lot more pride, dignity and a belief in hard work than development aid ever
could.

In one form or other, that lesson has stayed with me, quite vividly.

oohi
ashu