Chhath is one of the most important festivals, especially in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, as well as Nepal. It's a festival that brings families together through traditions and thekua - a crunchy sweet made from jaggery and wheat flour. Thekua, which is typically made once a year during the festival, became the beginning of a unique journey for two 16-year-old boys from Bihar. They turned this traditional sweet into a thriving business now valued at Rs 1 crore.

Their journey started not with business ambitions, but with a moment that forced them to question why foods deeply rooted in Indian culture were being sold in unsanitary conditions.

How it all started

It all began when Jayant Karmakar fell ill after eating thekua from a roadside cart. This incident mad

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