Aditi ghorpade deshmukh biography of christopher

By Maya Lalchandani

Raised in Bengaluru and Delhi, television actor and social entrepreneur Aditi Deshmukh has ended up making an unlikely location her karmabhoomi, or land of action: Latur, located in the Marathwada region of southeast Maharashtra.

Here, the 46-year-old mother of two runs her farm-to-table produce venture, 21 Organic, which she launched in 2016 inspired by a lack of access to clean and chemical-free food in India.

Deshmukh has also adopted 26 villages in Latur as part of her role as the executive trustee of Vilasrao Deshmukh Foundation (VDF).

This Republic Day, she launched a new beauty label Namaskar Ayurved, which she founded along with former banker and angel investor Gita Nayyar.

While Deshmukh has certainly put her money where her mouth is in terms of her commitment to organic farming, rural development and Ayurveda, what is less visible is the inner transformation and challenges that the former model and actor has undergone in her quest.

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