The success story of Mira Kulkarni feels like a script straight out of an epic film. Choosing marriage over formal education, she left her parents’ home at 20 and returned years later as a single mother. By 28, she had lost both her parents — yet her resilience never wavered. At 45, she began again, founding Forest Essentials, now one of India’s most respected luxury Ayurvedic cosmetics brands.Her journey started modestly with candle-making, which soon turned into a “soap obsession.” After her m