India, Sept. 28 -- By Namrata Narayan, entrepreneur, Managing Director, Maitreyi Micro Products, Noida.

There is a famous couplet by Bashir Badr: " Ye Phool Mujhe Koi Virasat Mein Mile Hain, Tumne Mera Kanto Bhara Bistar Nahi Dekha!" The grandeur of the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show (UPITS) at the Expo Center in Greater Noida, which is racing towards becoming a mega city, will not tell you the story of its battle against a terrifying darkness. The ODOP stalls, meeting the gaze of global delegates, do not tell the story of the struggle that brought them here. Handicraft artisans and craftspeople confidently taking export orders will not show you the scars of wounds that festered until a decade ago. But this is the reality. The jo...