These two young businesswomen from Tiruchi decided to use their Facebook pages as a means to realising their dream of financial independence. A few Googling sessions later, “I found 100 suppliers of dress materials online, of which I shortlisted 25,” says Subhiksha. “Maintaining privacy is a problem for young women online, which is why I removed my profile picture from my page,” she says. “I wanted to show the world that youngsters don’t always waste time on social media.”The perfect matchHer Facebook page has several notices warning visitors against filching the images of the silk-thread ornaments pasted there. Each of the jhumkas, necklaces and bangles is hand-crafted by Kalaivani, using embroidery silk threads and plastic base parts.

Source: The Hindu October 14, 2016 11:37 UTC