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Lokhandwala resident Ayesha K likes to call herself an Instagram entrepreneur. Every alternate weekend, she announces a restock of her products on her account, @pastelslimessssszz, and within half an hour, they are sold out. Since launching this June, she has sold 600 units across Mumbai. She is all of 12. The product she's selling? Slime.
Twelve-year-old Reet Sharma (@slimehousemumbai) has invested in lighting and camera equipment to make her slime videos. Pics/Falguni Agrawal, Sneha KharabeSli

From the wardrobe to mithai dabbas
Like mommy-and-me wardrobes for kids, there is something for pet parents too. Pick a kurta, bandhgala or a sherwani for your pets to match your desi outfit for the festival.Also on offer is a dog-friendly sweet box that contains four varieties of cookies shaped like diyas, phooljhadis and playing cards. They are made with ingredients like multigrain flour and natural colourants including beetroot, which are healthy for your pet.And if you have been buying gifts

Rohan Ganguli, the guitarist of the now-defunct band The Supersonics, started playing western music independently in India in 1998, and - by his own admission - has been 'poor ever since'. "All of us loved music, so we didn't think twice about starting a band. But at that time, there were very few things happening. You'd have these odd shows, once or three times a year maybe. That was the scene, basically," he says.
Vishal DadlaniThe 'scene', as it's called, has grown since then, to the extent t