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2025 was an exciting year for us. We ramped up on our stories and also set up our Ecomm store. The plan for this year is to get the word out so more entrepreneurs can benefit from onboarding onto the platform. More on that shortly, but before that a round-up of the enterprises we met in December!

We covered three of Chennai's most well-known businesses in the fashion, stationery, and beauty fields in December. We also got to talk to some up-and-coming businesses around Tamil Nadu, one dealing in sericulture, one reviving the wonders of rice, one offering affordable, luxury home essentials, and one with a culture-led design story. Read about them here!

Sundari Silks —
A Rich Tapestry of Tradition Through Sarees

Step into Sundari Silks. Take a walk through history, colour, and fabric, all rooted in decades of family and tradition. It is more than just a saree store; it holds legacy, passion, and true craftsmanship, making it one of Chennai's most trusted landmarks.

Painting Chennai's Artscape—Hindustan Trading Company

Hindustan Trading Company is a sanctuary for artists in Chennai. The store has nurtured generations of creativity through brushes, paper, paints, and, more recently, workshops to foster a sense of community. With Amritha Venketakrishnan taking over the reins from her father, P. N. Venketakrishnan, this previously small, unassuming shop is now a one-stop destination for all art-lovers.

Weaving Technology into the Warp and Weft of Silk—Serigreen

Sericulture as an industry is an age-old tradition and a generational family run business. Most of the practices that sericulturists and weavers practice today are those that have come down generations and date back thousands of years. As with other fields, sericulture too is on the brink of change, not resisting, but not fully reached by technology, thus facing huge challenges. Serigreen Technology researches and recognizes these hurdles and brings IoT devices to help farmers increase yield through sustainable practices.

Reviving the Wonders of Rice
— Mannvasanai

Rice in India is not just food, it's memory, ritual, and sustenance woven into our daily routine. The humble grain has nourished generations, but unfortunately, of late, it has gotten a reputation for being 'empty calories'. Mannvasanai Menaka, as she is fondly known, has taken it upon herself to revive traditional rice varieties and spread the word about their wonderful benefits.

Affordable and Luxurious Home Essentials — Darshitam

Darshitam by Sarenya Dhevi aims to gently nudge people towards a sustainable, eco-friendly future by consciously choosing natural everyday essentials. From bed linens to table linens, from tote bags and pouches to clothes, everything is curated and sourced from the most skilled artisans in India. Affordable luxury brought straight to your homes.

A Culture-led Creative Story — Aarla

In a world that revolves around scalable designs and products, Vanipriya Jayaraman, the founder of Aarla, chose a different path. The brand is rooted in cultural storytelling, creating products with intention for kids and parents alike, inviting them to interact with their culture in thoughtful, purposeful ways.

Naturals Walks into its 25th Year in Style

Veena Kumaravel identified a gap in India's beauty sector in 2000 and sought to fix it. 25 years later, Naturals has established itself as one of India's fastest-growing salon chains with over 12,000 smile providers employed across 900 branches in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Dubai.

JUST LAUNCHED

GoTN Marketplace
- Sell online

At GoTN, all our efforts are aligned to empower entrepreneurs with resources to grow. Connecting to the market has been a challenge for many budding enterprises. To bridge this gap we've recently launched our own e-commerce platform and onboarded enterprises and brands across categories with more signing up. The process is simple and you get to manage your own store, adding or editing products as neeeded.

If you'd like to showcase your products to a new audience for online shopping do sign up with us here

EVENTS

You have a business. Do you have a brand?

GoTN organised a resource session with Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, a seasoned Branding & Marketing Consultant and a strong believer in the principle Differentiate or Die. The event was held at Radisson Blu, Egmore and drew seasoned enterprises from fields as diverse as manufacturing and food to retailing and AI. The participants found the speaker very engaging and went back with valuable insights on how being everything to everyone is a death knell. Differentiating their brand is the key.