Two Indoris.
One Search.
No Results.
"We didn't start a company. We just couldn't find our sev online — and neither could anyone else from Indore."
Arpit, 32 — left Indore for undergrad in 2012, Masters in the USA, back in Bengaluru. Twelve years of carrying sev in his check-in luggage.
Ujjwal, 34 — twelve years in Pune, away from Indore. The parcel ritual never stopped. Namkeen always made the trip, even when he couldn't.
In January 2024, Arpit ran out of sev. Opened Blinkit. Searched "Ratlami Sev." Nothing. Ujjwal called — same problem in Pune. They had found the gap. Malvora was the answer.
Undergrad. First hostel. First time eating sev that wasn't from home. It wasn't the same — and there weren't words for why yet.
Every two months, 8–10 kg arrived from Indore. Seventy percent of it was namkeen.
Bengaluru now. Ujjwal in Pune — 12 years away from Indore, still carrying namkeen every visit home. Some things don't change.
Ran out of sev. Opened Blinkit. Searched "Ratlami Sev." Nothing. Not a single brand from Indore on any quick commerce app.