An Indian woman's eco-friendly venture creates gifts that grow into plants

Mansi Shah also makes bookmarks, wedding invites, coasters infused with seeds of different plants

During national day festivities and other occasions, you might see crowds of people waving hundreds or thousands of little flags in celebration. But when the fun is over, those flags are often discarded, littering the ground.

But what if they didn't become trash? What if they contained seeds that with a little care grew into a plant? That's the creative idea of one Indian nature lover with a master's degree in forensic biotechnology — infusing seeds into disposable gifts.

Mansi Shah launched her venture Gift Green a year ago, quitting her day job with a vision