Saturday, March 19, 2011

Chumbak

Until last year my fridge magnet collection comrpised of a number of magnets collected either during my travels or gifted by friends. Sadly none of them were from India. When I came across Chumbak (though facebook) last year I was thrilled to see their funky magnets with Indian themes and lost no time in colllecting most of them. Here's a pic and no points for guessing which ones are from Chumbak (They stand out don't they :))


Shubhra Chadda's love for travel and all things Indian led to a business idea and that, coupled with Alicia Souza's talent for illustrations resulted in the launch of a brilliant venture - Chumbak. From a simple beginning of fridge magnets their product range now boasts of coffee mugs, magnets, key rings, boxers, luggage tags, soaps, playing cards, coasters, wrapping paper, chocolates, car fresheners and tins to name a few!

These fun, colourful and contemporary items are very affordable and available at a number of stores across citiies in India but what's more impressive is their quick delivery when you order online from the comfort of your home.

Presenting some of my favourites -
The highlight of my fridge magnet collection - Chumbak magnets!
The Holy Cow Magnet

The Chaiwallah Magnet

India Magnet

Paan Wallah magnet

Bangalore Magnet
These colourful coasters jazz up any table in a jiffy.
Coasters

How often have we seen this on the trucks in India - "Horn OK Please"

KeyRing

Take a peek at the "No Peeking" playing cards
Playing cards

Chumbak also hosts contests on facebook from time to time and the two entires below won me 2 pairs of super cool Chumbak boxers a couple of months ago. Do follow Chumbak on Facebook and enter their fun contests. Believe me their prizes are worth it :)



Chumbak's been the talk of the town in the past year and they're always in the news. Here they are in this week's Hindu Business Line and lucky me got to root for them :) See here.

Chumbak turned 1 this week and they've been generous enough to have a blowout sale and most items are available at reduced prices with free shipping. Go grab em while they last!
Wishing Shubhra, Alicia and their team a wonderful year and lots of success for the future.

2 comments:

Patricia Torres said...

these are simply gorgeous!!

Shilpa Kamath said...

I think so too :)