Over
the course of my life, I have experienced many days of happiness which has
given me fond memories and they all had a unique ingredient that separated them
from each other as each was a distinct experience in itself...
The
23rd June 2014 has become a part of the same, a day that I shall remember with
extra fondness, a day that will occupy a bigger space in my heart, the day I as
a part of an amazing team set up a stall and lived the dream of being an
entrepreneur for a day...A Great Effort by the team consisting of Ayush,
Sahasranshu, Chirag, Kajal, Nutan, Amita, Gesu, Nilay, Ajesh, Mahesh and last
but not the least, ME...Sparsh Fun and Food Carnival gave us this wonderful
opportunity to raise money for a social cause. The money generated to be given
to an NGO. So all of us were up for it to ensure that we gain maximum out of
it...
The
first thing was the decision on the type of stall and obviously the answer had
to be a food stall considering the type of foodies that we are... The next was
to decide the menu...Following a lot of deliberations on the same, the menu
fixed was Burgers, Wraps and Masala/Lemon Drink…Pav bhaji had to be dropped for
the sake of convenience...Funds were raised in the most convincing fashion and
there were as many as 10 stakeholders who were ready to invest in it for the
sake of friendship and for business as well...But the name of dishes and the
stall was yet to be decided...Bhaiyajji would not let it name by his name
making it tough to come to a consensus...Finally the name decided was
Bawar-Cheese...The dishes were named as Sunny burger and the drink as Leone
drink but considering the family audience that may have visited us, the idea
was to be scraped and decency prevailed while deciding the name...
The
procurement happened on D Day and everyone was put to work, be it cutting
veggies or lifting stuff or decorating the stall...We were all set to go...I
still did not believe that it was to happen and didn’t know whether we could
actually succeed... But Ayush put all these doubts to rest with the way he
cooked the food...Gosh !!!That was some cooking and he resembled a pro in each
sense...The ball was rolling and we were all set to “Rock N Roll”...We were
open and were soon flooded with orders...We were actually running overfull and
were finding it tough in all respects...Be it fund collection or be it
delivery...With the entire manpower at work we did manage to get through it
with a few hiccups and may be a few abuses from the crowd...
Sold out
in an hour and a half...I mean this was something serious...It was working...People
indeed liked our food and kept coming back for more...The 2nd round of
procurement followed a similar trend by getting sold out in an hour...The
remaining tikkies and all were sold as a new dish Cheese Breadiana- a name
coined by Chirag...And even this sold in large numbers and we were done for the
day- Both physically and stockwise...
It was indeed
an eventual day...We did break even and contributed to the cause in the
process...It was indeed a day that brought smiles to SITM and more importantly
to the students of Lavale...The greater cause of serving the needy still
remains and this initiative is sure to go a long way in doing the same...Way to
go S.P.A.R.S.H...Celebrating Life...
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The critical
ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as
that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something
about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur
is a doer, not a dreamer.
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