Long-live my mentors!

Time and again it has been proved that every good thing to happen, it needs sacrifice and hardwork. If I take my case, then whatever I have achieved is the result of the great sacrifice my parents gave, when they sent me away from them for a good quality education. They sacrificed their love and affection since they wanted me to be a good human being. To be successfull. Instead of sending me to a good boarding school, they chose to send me to my uncle (mentor), so that I may get benefit of both the worlds. I would be worldly wise and gain a lot in spirituality.

If the sacrifice of my parents is big, then no lesser is the hardwork and sincerity of my guardian uncle in making me what I am today. He is an authority in spirituality, and I am following his footsteps to gain few pearls of spiritual wisdom from him. I am a sinner and I do realize my place, but I aspire to be with them always.

My Lord! Bless my holy prophet and his holy progeny and shower Your limitless love, grace, affection and kindness on my guardian, his children, his grand children and his entire family. Also shower Your kindness on my mother and make me her obedient son. Give my father a large kingdom in Your heavens. After-all whatever I have achieved is their success not mine. So bless all of them always. O My Lord! The Omnipotent! The Omnipresent!

Star Entrepreneur Award: My Lord! I thank You a million Times

"3rd International India Innovation Summit is the pre-summit to the WorldHrdCongress 2010, this pre-summit will be held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on 11th February 2010. I have received the mail from the Global chairman of the advisory council to the summit, that they have decided to confer "STAR ENTREPRENEUR AWARD" on me in this summit."

O My Lord! I thank You a million times for whatever You have given me. You have heard all my prayers and made me realize all my dreams. I am deeply indebted to You for Your kindness and limitless grace. I also pray to You that in this moment of success and hereafter, make me not forget You even for a second. I should remain honest, humble and Your obedient servant for entire my lifespan and thereafter. Bless my holy prophet and his holy progeny and make me scale newer heights in both the worlds. O My Lord! The Omnipotent! The Omnipresent.

Golden words of advice

During my recent conference at Mumbai, a fellow delegate after hearing my presentation approached me and congratulated me on my presentation. He said "You have two strengths which makes you successful, you are humble and you are honest. Be like this always and you will get much more success." I can't afford to ignore these golden words..

Think beyond obvious

"When people thought I am having a job, I longed for a career. When people thought I was opening a shop, I wanted to own a business. And when people thought I can teach I want to be a mentor..."

Prayer of the moment

"The onus of the success goes to the parents. It is the hardwork and sacrifice of my parents that has resulted in my growth. After my Lord, I will remain thankful to them for rest of my life. It is their Karma which has given me limitless fruits..."

Bless the holy prophet and his holy progeny and bless my parents always. O My lord the Omnipotent! The Omnipresent!

My Quotes

"However independent an individual may be; he is always a slave of his habits."

"We are similar in body structure. We have same kind of brain. But we differ in expertise. We differ in intelligence. Why? so that we can help each other with our strengths. So that we remain dependent and united."

"We are bound to have differences; we are two different individuals. What matters the most is how well we gel with each other. How strong is our bond."


"I may not be as good as you desire. But again, I am not as bad as you imagine."

"It is not a coincidence. It is ofcourse 'God's Will'."

"Looking at the sincerity of my doctor in treating my ailment, my heart cried and I prayed to my lord to heal my illness and give me good health. I want my this noble doctor to be happy that his efforts have given him results...."

"Once a noble soul told me that my stars are really good and one day I will conquer many a milestones. I never believed that this could happen with me. But somewhere in my subconscious mind these words do have lasting effect. I think they have inspired me."

"It is a great "pleasure" to drive a luxurious car. And when you use your car to help a patient reach a hospital or a needy to his destination it is "happiness". This is how I differentiate between the two. Hope I remain a happiness seeker."

Hearty Mart: Creating and nurturing entrepreneurs

Month: January, 2007
Place: Ilol

Mehdi and Mehmood, two brothers staying in Ilol village are farmers by profession. They are well settled in their village, but often regret that they could not go out of it as they have their farms to look after. They have enough land at their disposal and financially they are doing well. But, they aspire to do a modern business. They want to explore new business avenues and want to make their mark in entrepreneurship. Being in a village they feel tied down and they don’t expect any good business opportunity coming their way.

Just half a kilometre away from them, a young entrepreneur Hasan stays. He owns a small shop named Sahyog Kirana in the village and tries to cater to the daily needs and wants of the villagers. The business is fine, but he feels a strong urge to learn new tricks of the trade, to be more organised and to supply the goods more efficiently, to re-invent his business model.

While Hasan needs to re-invent his business in the village; Mehdi and Mehmood don’t know what business to do? How to do?

It was during this time that we decided to foray into rural-brand franchising. We worked out the detailing and modus operandi of the franchise model and thought of approaching a village with the concept. So, in the month of February 2007, we went with the proposal at Ilol and organized a get-together with few acquaintances. Meeting was attended by Mehdi and Mehmood, along with others and needless to say that the entrepreneur within them urged them to take the plunge.

They liked the business idea so much that they approached us after the meeting and gave us their consent to have a Hearty Mart Super market franchise. Eventually in April 2007; the first franchise was launched at Ilol. And, today after almost two and half years, the smart shop (Hearty Mart franchise) is doing really well and expansion plans are on-cards for them, as they are looking for a bigger space now.

The meeting was also attended by Hasan. He already had Sahyog Kirana, and was looking for the ways to re-invent the business. In our association he knew he has got the solution, but the constraint was the space, as his was a typical mom & pop store of 150 square feet area (approximately); which is not viable for a super market. Eventually we zeroed down on Hearty Mart Saral Shop (organized Kirana shop franchise) and we got associated with him in October 2007. Hasan has got so convinced with the concept that he has invested in another super market franchise at Idar and he is planning to expand his network further.

Hearty Mart in that sense is successfully in igniting the fire of entrepreneurship amongst few of the villagers and we are planning to take this concept to every village where such a need is there. We are committed to encourage and nurture entrepreneurs.