Oct
26
2009
Uniting two countries to create
Author: Nathalie St-Pierre Roths
When we immigrate in a new country, it is important to integrate it. If we can also share our cultural wealth with our new country of adoption, it is even better.
Notes and Photos recently discovered one of these immigrants who shared her cultural heritage. Sylvia Pedder-Khanna is an Indian woman who immigrated in USA in 1989. Born into a family with numerous entrepreneurs, including her father who has a ceramic-tile company, she is a born-businesswoman.
In 2006, with her kids in school, she took a chunk of her savings to launch Simrin (http://www.simrininc.com/), an import company. She imports rustic yet sophisticated accessories from India, from napkins to trays.
A word of advice she is sharing with us: Think big! “One product isn’t enough to get you noticed. At first, I could only afford to do table linens. Buyers didn’t take the line seriously until I added trays and glasses.”
A nice way to discover a new culture.
