KARMA REPUBLIC

Preet Arjun Singh, 26, decided that rather than wearing his politics on his sleeve, why not wear a cause instead? It was with this in mind that this Chandigarh boy set up Karma Republic, an online concept store that has been spreading awareness about social and cultural issues through exciting and lucid graphics on tees. “Karma Republic tees are a wearable canvas for my inner activist,” says founder Preet Arjun Singh with a smile. Preet quit his lucrative job with IT major Infosys and launched Karma Republic four years ago. Though things started out slowly, they soon picked up, with Punjab’s hip crowd all sporting KR tees. Now thousands of t- shirts are sold every month on his website. Preet designs each piece himself, the messages the tees contain range from raising a voice against corruption and communalism to expressing patriotism for the country. If you’d like to buy offline, there is an outlet at Sector 35 as well. Anyone who buys a tee from KR also gets a ' passport'— a booklet to keep a record of their good karmas!

WHERE Karma Republic headquarters, S. C. O 367, Second floor, Sector 35B, Chandigarh, COST Rs 450 to Rs 700 TEL 09988224475/ karmarepublic. com