Dubai: Village TV will broadcast its 16th episode of Amazing Stories, live from Dubai on Thursday June 24 at 6.30 p.m. M.P. Hegde, proprietor of Rachana Home Industry, and Harshita K.S., proprietor of Om Prithwi Naturals, Sullia, are the guests for the episode. Both are cottage industry talents who have been contributing to bring progress in Karnataka’s villages.

Harshitha K.S., owner of Om Prithvi Naturals in Sullia, is an MBA graduate and a woman herbal entrepreneur. Her Om Prithvi Naturals is a local startup in need of public support to expand its operations.

M.P. Hegde, an agriculturist from Magodu village in Honnavar Taluk has succeeded in manufacturing 11 types of home-made soap from castor oil with the support of his brother and from self-research.