One of the most regular participants at Navjyoti, Chandan always looked forward to the ENA sessions. He sat very enthusiastically in each session wanting to learn more and more about business. He dreamt of having his own chemist shop. For that he needed to do the required course, work in a chemist shop to gain experience, and finally get his shop registered before getting started.

Chandan sits at the small kirana (general) store run by his family. For My Own venture, he wanted to sell plastic toys. He had done his research, knew where he would get the best deals from. He wanted to get the cheap plastic toys while also maintaining quality because his community and hence the respective customers are from a resettlement colony with limited means. Unfortunately, one day before the MOV, one of his close relatives fell ill and he had to come to Delhi to attend to him. Later, when he found out about the profits the other stalls had made, he got upset thinking of his lost chance.

Chandan’s lost chance at My Own Venture, was in no way his last chance. There was a good market for the plastic toys and he was going to give it a try. The idea was final and success wasn’t too far. The weekly market was held every Tuesday in Bawana. Chandan couldn’t think of a better market than that.

Every Tuesday, Chandan sits in the weekly market with his plastic toys, and says that he’d learnt in the ENA session that diversification in business is very important, and he’s trying to do exactly that. Besides, “the shop is my family’s but this is mine”, says chandan with a smile and glint in his eyes.