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K. Subramania is one of Essmart’s first dealers in rural India. He bought a solar-powered light from Essmart, and since then he's sold at least 300 of them to his customers.

A start-up in India treats the poor as discerning customers, not aid recipients

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Two Americans created a small start-up in rural India to help bring life-sustaining technologies to the poor. But they’re not giving away solar lamps and low-power appliances: They’re selling them.

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