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Lets salute farmers who cultivate risk

THE one thing about India that leaves the world continuously gobsmacked is the country's boundless entrepreneurial spirit. Stories about legions of intrepid souls who dared to dream and gave shape to those visions are now part of corporate folklore. And, size is not the only distinguishing factor. The same courage and will to build something of one's own exists across the scale, whether it is the drive to set up a successful cottage unit, or to stake a lifetime's savings to buy some machinery for a small scale unit, or to make that leap of faith and go for size.