Candles, Calendars and a Dynamo Sales-Girl
Sakshi was on staff at the table we set up at the Welham Girls mela on Saturday. Her instructions were to sell candles and calendars and to give every adult a flyer about Rainbow Resale. She was amazing! We sold over 300 calendars, almost every packet of candles and no adult passed our table without […]
Review Meeting
It started with this guy. Bhagirath Gop and his colleague Dr Vikram Gupta, both Program Officers at the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, came to visit us in August to check out the work of the Foundation and, in particular, the functioning of the Early Intervention Centre. We think they liked what they saw, but they […]
One In = One Out
This is for those of you who live close enough to Rainbow Resale to donate your excess, your clutter, your unloved objects yearning to breathe free. . . the “one in, one out” rule can save you from the tyranny of possessions. Every time you bring something new home, send something old to Rainbow. It’s […]
Dreams Come True
It’s actually happened. The dream we have had of having our own shop in a real market has actually come to pass. Rainbow Resale, Vina Srivastava’s brainchild and pet project of Savita Thapliyal and the whole CVT family, opened its doors today in Sethi Market. We had a small crowd of around fifty people present […]
Over the Rainbow
Have you heard about our second-hand shop? It’s a unique concept here in India, though a tried and true one in the West. We call ours Rainbow Resale, and we collect used clothing, books and household items (including, eventually, furniture and appliances) and sell it all at rock-bottom prices. Our customers include daily wage laborers […]