Giving up a fledgling career in Corporate Law, Sunayana K moved to a remote Gujarati village to work with a SHG. Here she helped the 18 women rejuvenate their failing restaurant business with innovative meal plans and recipes. She now hopes to use her experience and legal training to study issues faced by migrants and thus push for better and more inclusive policies for the rural poor.
What does a lawyer and a restaurant on the highway have in common? Not much it would seem. Yet Sunayana K, a lawyer by profession, has been putting her skills to good use in the remote village of Gangpur in Gujarat.
This city girl has helped a local SHG (self-help group), that runs a restaurant, to improve services and profit through her interesting approach.
The restaurant, Nahari, is located on the highway which is a perfect spot to attract customers. Serving authentic tribal food and nutritional products at affordable prices, this restaurant had all the ingredients to be a hit but failed to attract customers due to its setup and services. Nahari offered no variety, with just one meal plan, and its focus on authentic tribal food meant that only the adventurous would stop to try such unfamiliar foods. In addition, the women running the restaurant were shy and could not communicate well with customers.
The restaurant was also losing its USP by replacing the authentic tribal vegetables and grains with regular vegetables that one could get in the city.
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What does a lawyer and a restaurant on the highway have in common? Not much it would seem. Yet Sunayana K, a lawyer by profession, has been putting her skills to good use in the remote village of Gangpur in Gujarat.
This city girl has helped a local SHG (self-help group), that runs a restaurant, to improve services and profit through her interesting approach.
The restaurant, Nahari, is located on the highway which is a perfect spot to attract customers. Serving authentic tribal food and nutritional products at affordable prices, this restaurant had all the ingredients to be a hit but failed to attract customers due to its setup and services. Nahari offered no variety, with just one meal plan, and its focus on authentic tribal food meant that only the adventurous would stop to try such unfamiliar foods. In addition, the women running the restaurant were shy and could not communicate well with customers.
The restaurant was also losing its USP by replacing the authentic tribal vegetables and grains with regular vegetables that one could get in the city.
See more at at http://bit.ly/1GxAbzz
Great story!!! For an advocate in mumbai to come and help tribal people,But the narrative look incomplete.
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