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India is a beautiful country. I remember as a child going every summer to my grandmother’s house in New Delhi. The city is like any other city: crowded with people, some smiling, some not quite as happy. I remember people coming to our door every morning to sell us fresh vegetables. I would wake up to hear my grandmother arguing with the vegetable seller to give us the freshest vegetables at a lower price. It’s a tradition every household knows well.
Courtesy A card in remembrance of Sethi’s cousin who lived in India and died recently from COVID-19.
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OAKLAND, Calif., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ThredUp Inc. (NASDAQ: TDUP), one of the largest resale platforms for women s and kids apparel, shoes, and accessories, today announced that it will power resale for Vera Bradley through Resale-as-a-Service
Ⓡ (RaaS
Ⓡ). The announcement coincides with the release of new data from thredUP s upcoming 2021 Resale Report revealing that 80% of U.S. consumers (266 million people), plan to refresh their closets once the pandemic is over. As consumers start dressing up and traveling again, they are looking to refresh their wardrobes. We re thrilled to power an easy and sustainable way for shoppers to earn credit towards Vera Bradley s vibrant patterns and travel bags, said Pooja Sethi, thredUP s SVP of RaaS
Here s how Texans can help people suffering in India right now
It s estimated that 120 people are dying in India every hour due to COVID-19 and a lack of oxygen to give to patients. Author: Hannah Rucker Updated: 7:11 PM CDT May 6, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas People in India are in need of global aid right now as the country runs desperately low on life-saving supplies like oxygen while it experiences a wave of COVID-19 infections.
The death rate for the country is now 120 people an hour.
Local Austin immigration attorney Pooja Sethi said she was able to connect with other local Indian women who all had the same passion to help.
As COVID-19 surge devastates India, Austinites come together to send aid, prayers and hope Hojun Choi, Austin American-Statesman
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Kavita Tewari says she is haunted each day by the howl of ambulance sirens ringing through the streets near her home in New Delhi, India. For her and countless others in the South Asian country, the recent spike in coronavirus cases and deaths has been a crisis like nothing else she has experienced before. It’s a sad situation everywhere you look. I really don’t know what we can do for these people, but we really want to do some little bit, Tewari said. We have to do something.