Dreams Have No Expiry Date

Age is just a number when it comes to following your passion, and there’s no better example than Latika Chakravorty, a resident of Kolkata who started her own venture at the ripe age of 89! She sells beautiful handmade Potli bags through her website ‘Latika’s Bag’. Chakravorty was brought up in a small town in Assam, and was quite meritorious in studies. Upon being married to an employee at the Survey of India, she got an opportunity to travel extensively across the length and breath of the country. Later, upon her husband’s demise Chakravorty continued with her travels, thanks to her son’s employer, the Indian Navy. Experiences gathered around these journeys, eventually formed the basis of her current venture. During her travels she collected different types of fabrics from all over. Since every piece of cloth had an element of nostalgia, she decided...