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The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol. 27 No 2, January 2022customer base extending from size3-months through adult 3XL. Her companywas featured in Vogue India, IncMagazine and Forbes. But Golla is moreinterested in what her customers say.Hearing stories about a child having lesseczema symptoms, a 6-year-old sleepingbetter through nights in Lark PJs,or providing the “best joggers I’ve everhad” to a tired mother is the feedbackthat keeps her working harder.WKids in Lark Adventurewear’s clothes.hat once started in the sparebedroom of her home as she packed orders with her two smallchildren has blossomed into a fast-growing e-commerce business witha warehouse in Central PA. Lark is on track to triple its year-over-yearsales in 2021.While the road to success hasn’t been smooth, Pallavi says “I’mcontinually learning and trying to make better products for my customers.The best advice I can give anyone interested in pursuing a businessidea or creating something new is to enjoy trying, failing, growing, andexperimenting to learn what works.” •16
The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol. 27 No 2, January 2022Recalling My Own Aquatic Skills Growing Upin My Village in GujaratBy Harilal Patel, Monroeville, PAEditor’s note: Mr. Harilal Patel, a long-time and successful entrepreneur in our area, isalso active in the Pittsburgh Gujarati Samaj and the Hindu-Jain Temple. In 1978 he displayedhis aquatic skills at the Three River Regatta by swimming across the Allegheny River fromthe North Side to Point State Park.The story in the last issue on our instincts todisplay our skills in front of the public broughtmemories of my own younger days. Like TodittalaiVizhuttandinaar recalling the aquatic skills of hisyoung days in his 2000-year old Tamil poem, I tooremember my own younger days growing up in Valam,a large village with a long history, in MehsanaDistrict, 50 miles north of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.We had — and still have — a large talaab (lake) approximately 0.7mile wide when it is full after the monsoon, with water 50 feetdeep at several spots. One side of the lake had four large ghats for peopleto bathe. The opposite side was for buffaloes, cows, goats, and camelsfor their water needs. Around the talaab, we had a hospital, and rows ofjamun, mango, and tamarind trees. And three temples.Summertime drew us to the talaab, not just for bathing, but also fordisplaying our swimming skills. Competition among us was keen. Holdingour breathand staying underwater for thelongest periodwas a game wereveled in. Thedaring among usswam to the deepestspots. Likethe Tamil poetVizhuttandinaar,we would reach the bottom of the talaab and come out with a fistful ofgravel as proof that we had reached the bottom.During August-September the village celebrated a festival with over 100skilled swimmers carrying, while swimming, a palki (palanquin) withthe deity (Krishna) across the talaab, with hundreds of villagers admiringlywatching from the banks. The event ended with people carrying the palkiin a procession into the village while chanting Bhajans. •17
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