Couple Left Mumbai to Empower 1000 Tribal Families Using Jamuns, Built Multi-Crore Biz

Originally reported and written in July 2022, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. In the Pali district, where the borders of Rajasthan and Udaipur intersect, there is a small village called Bera. It is distinguished by two things — the trees are never bare and the tribal communities are always busy. While growing up, Rajesh Oza, a native of this village would often observe how these communities would gather together every morning, pick the avlas, sitaphals (custard apples) and more from the fruit-laden trees and carry the heavy tokris to the markets. But he woul...