Away from his hometown, Ankit Nagwanshi from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, was living the routine life of a software engineer in Mumbai. He worked a 9-5 job and spent several hours commuting to and from work. Working as a business intelligence professional for a private firm in the city, Ankit had a well-paying job of Rs 8 lakh a year. But for four years, the search for something different followed him everywhere.
He always knew he wanted to do something in food. During his free time from work, he spent hours researching ideas that would help him enter the food business. By 2019, Ankit was tired of the daily 13-kilometer commute, and the routine he was living. On August 15 that year, he quit and returned to Chhindwara.
In 2021, his life is different altogether. The 30-year-old is no longer struggling to clock in his work hours. Instead, he runs a tea business, has hired two employees, and is earning an income of around Rs 60,000 a month. This change, he says, was not circumstantial,…
