HIPSTER COFFEE
ARAKU COFFEE produced by 150-odd tribal communities in Andhra Pradesh’s Maoist belt is now selling in Paris’s trendy Marais region. It’s been possible through the Naandi Foundation led by Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra; Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder, Infosys; Satish Reddy, Chairman, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories; and Rajendra Prasad Maganti, Chairman, Soma Enterprise, a construction company. The first store in Rue de Bretagne in Paris is to be followed by stores in New York and Tokyo.