January 2020 Edition Apparel January 2020 issue | Page 74

ENTREPRENEUR SPEAK
Weaves of the Valley
Varuna Anand has long since championed
handwoven, hand-embroidered pashmina shawls,
distilling this very aspiration into her brand The
Splendor of Kashmir. Meera Warrier speaks with her
to know more.
An entrepreneur who started at the age of
42, Varuna Anand has built a successful
and sustainable business that aims to bring
practitioners and admirers of pashmina
weaves to work together. In nine years, she
has also been acknowledged as one of the
Creative Women Entrepreneurs at the BW
Disrupt Women Entrepreneurship Awards
2019. She shares her story and brand growth
in an exclusive interaction with Apparel.
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