India, Jan. 3 -- It would seem rather impossible for a woman to juggle managing the home and looking after three young children. But the call of entrepreneurship can be really powerful. When Priyamvada Mishra's youngest son was just eight months old, she felt that there needed to be better alternatives for baby food. Says she, "In 2021, I started experimenting with porridges for children. I made it with millet and gave it to my son. And when it worked for him, I started selling it in packets."

The initiative died a natural death after a few months. Says she, "Mothers, especially of their firstborn, are very fastidious and hyper. They would not give their child time to get used to the millet porridge. So I stopped that business."

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