Five Benches and Kosher Beverages have agreed terms to jointly promote the F&B Brands Palampore Teas and Himachilli Chukh in North India.
Together with their sister concern Prudencee Beverages, Kosher will be partnering with Five Benches to Distribute and Promote these brands starting with NCR (National Capital Region) and proceeding to other Tier 2 cities in the north of the country.
The move will bolster the presence of these two brands in Modern Trade and Gourmet Foods retailers in North India and also help push online sales.
The starting phase will include roll out in South and Central Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad. Modern retailers and existing gourmet foods stores in NCR will now conduct business with Kosher or Prudencee beverages.
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Great news :
DIPP: 3004
FIVE BENCHES PROMOTIONS AND ADVISORY SERVICES PVT LTD incorporated/ registered as a Private Limited Company on 01-04-2013, is recognized as a startup by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
Date of Issue: 28-05-2017
Place of Issue:New Delhi
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160201-indian-himalayan-cannabis-farm-photos/
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Regards,
Team HP
http://www.dpnet.org.np/index.php?pageName=earthquake
http://www.wsj.com/articles/nepal-struggles-to-recover-from-devastating-quakes-1435078955
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/11562782/Nepal-earthquake-live.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-calculate-new-loss-predictions-for-nepal-quake/
http://himalayanpeople.com/pages/nepal-earthquake-relief
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http://snowleopardconservancy.org/
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All tea comes from the same plant, Camellia sinensis.
The taste, appearance, aroma and texture of Tea is like wine or whisky in some regards. Like wine it varies with the region where it is grown, like whisky it can be blended or had as single garden unblended tea.
Tea leaves are typically picked in first, second and third flush. i.e. first leaves of the season, second leaves later in the year and so on.The texture, colour, liquor and flavour of tea are typically what one considers when evaluating or tasting tea. These are a function of the region where the tea is grown, the time of the year (flush), the amount of rainfall, the amount of sunshine and the manner in which the tea is treated after being picked.
So, not all Darjeeling tea for instance, is the same. The first flush of whole leaves will be much dearer than say the fannings (dust) of the third flush from the same tea garden.
We recommend keeping some of the First flush whole leaf teas at your home whether it is Darjeeling, Assam, Kangra or from any other region in the world for a true experience of drinking fine tea.
As a guide, the highest grades of tea are referred to as 'Orange pekoe'. You may also find some teas which have FTGFOP or SFTGFOP on the label (Fine Tippy, Golden, Flowery Orange Pekoe and Super Fine, Tippy Golden Flowery orange Pekoe) these are the highest and finest grade of teas and are truly excellent to drink.
The brewing of the tea is just as important as everything that happens before that. So do read the label and make it just so.
Enjoy your cuppa!
Some interesting pages and facts:
http://www.pinterest.com/totalsuperstore/amazing-facts-about-tea/
http://www.tea-garden.eu/interesting.html
http://listverse.com/2013/11/12/10-absorbing-facts-about-tea/
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Innovators: Those who looked at the thing on the left and created the thing on the right.
Any similarity between people in the Silicon valley in Western California and those in the Kullu Valley in the Middle Himalayas seems far fetched. However despite the huge differences in these two sets of humans, there is a deep connection between them. Beyond their ability to take what they find in raw form in nature and convert it into something much more, recent changes in the economic environment have shown cultural similarities between these two sets of people and many others around the world. When the techies in Silicon Valley collaborated by accident or intent to start open source code writing, they were tapping into a much more ancient and universal human drive than they might have imagined. The contribution by programmers around the world to create free code, open for all to use and build on has been a major game changer in the way people perceive society now. It has seriously impacted the way money and economics is run. The incentive for a hacker to contribute open source code is nothing more than the joy of solving a problem and creating an elegant design. If there is anything else to it, it is perhaps recognition by peers. It certainly isn’t direct financial gain. While this seems extremely novel and path breaking in a lot of ways, it isn’t necessarily something alien to humans. In fact it is a culture that has been around for thousands of years. Some tribals in the lower and Middle Himalayas, live by very similar rules and have a very similar driver to push them to their work. Living in communities that are tightly bound with almost no commercial avenues, the opportunities for wealth accumulation are minimal for the tribals (unlike those in silicon valley) however there are innovators, hard working women and men that create newer things. The desire for recognition among their peers when they work a piece of straw into a shoe or a bit of lambs-wool into a glove is worth experiencing first hand. Abandoning other thoughts and motives to just creating and perfecting their handicraft is so clearly evident when you see them getting on with their tasks.
At a get-together for Social Networked business in London yesterday, there was energetic talk on employee motivation and creating networks that share ideas, knowledge and experiences. I think that’s an amazing step in creating communities of workers who revel in the recognition received from their peers as much as showing up to work to collect the pay cheque at the end of the month. This is also where some 20th century industries like banking completely lost the plot. There is almost no joy and peer recognition beyond the pay cheque there. Creating the right incentive structure and tweaking social systems to allow risk taking rather than oscillating between big money and social welfare may be the way to look at the future. It is already engrained in us to work for the joy of creating and to satisfy ourselves at least to a certain degree by the recognition of our peers. Creating networks and ideas sharing platforms is certainly a step in that direction. Irrespective of culture and history, contributing to the tribe and winning their approval has always been a key motivator for all humans.
Work for your tribe :)
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The issue has created some animated activism among the Sherpas, but will it last beyond the immediate aftermath remains to be seen. The incident throws up the much broader issue of the structure of compensation across industries when it involves tribal workers or rural populations. The lack of awareness among the locals leads to terrible trade practices which are belittling the efforts of people like the Sherpas and have allowed a very exploitative and lopsided revenue structure to become the norm.
Some resources on the topic:
BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27118249
National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140424-sherpas-avalanche-help-donations/
Fox news:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/04/25/sherpa-mountain-guides-say-will-struggle-with-everest-climbing-season-in/
Time Magazine:
http://time.com/74140/mount-everest-avalanche-sherpa-joby-ogwyn/
New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/04/everest-sherpas-death-and-anger.html
Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/34814346-cba1-11e3-8ccf-00144feabdc0.html
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Him Peeps
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Times of India reports on Green activists demands on the River Projects: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Green-activists-demand-study-on-run-of-the-river-projects/articleshow/20825202.cms
]]>The tragedy and havoc that this has caused is deeply disturbing. The resilient people of these mountains
will hopefully come out of it stronger. You can read about the latest on the links below.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/06/24/uttarakhand-flood-toll-idINDEE95N0EZ20130624
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa949750-dbe1-11e2-8853-00144feab7de.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Himalayan-tsunami
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