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‘Toured Across India To Learn From Farmers’: How a Retd Colonel Found Passion...
Colonel Sujan Mohanty (57), is a retired army man who set out to create a successful life for himself post his service of 22 years. A civil engineer as well, he now cultivates and manages an orchid...
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3 Nature-Based Solutions That Are Making Low-Income Communities Resilient to...
Dr Pramila Sanjaya has lived in Jaipur for over 60 years. Through this time, she has watched the city grow and expand over existing villages. “What used to be farms have now been converted into...
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Meet the Women Who Made Mumbai’s Pali Hill a Sustainable Neighbourhood Over 2...
Today Pali Hill in Bandra, Mumbai is a sustainable neighbourhood with abundant greenery, clean roads with flower beds, round the clock security, organised door-to door garbage collection and...
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From Prejudice to Pride: Evolving Representations of Disability in Cinema
Popular media can be a powerful facilitator in inculcating disability pride, acting as a mode of representation for people with disabilities to see those like them included in the mainstream. However,...
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‘They Said Don’t Spoil Our Kids’: 2 Bengalureans Use Play To Help 50000 Kids...
When Saumil Majmudar and Parminder Gill set up Sportz Village in 2003, it was to highlight why ‘play’ is important in a child’s overall development. Gill notes, “Some of us felt strongly that play...
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Two Women are Using Netball to Help Thousands of Girls Study & Pursue Their...
When Kalyani Subramanyam created the Young People’s Initiative in 2006, it was with the aim to empower girls and young women through the medium of sport — specifically, netball. This was part of her...
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Want to Play a Role in Shaping India’s Climate Laws & Policies? Here’s a...
Scrolling through social media can be overwhelming when you’re constantly bombarded with news and information about climate change and environmental policies, without being able to understand their...
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I Live With Schizophrenia; Here’s What I Want People Around Me to Understand
“My mother has been my rock throughout. It’s a tough journey, and the space to rediscover and reimagine relationships is critical. We found some common ground and re-established our relationship as a...
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Magsaysay Awardee Fought His Own Battles to Rescue 9000 Mentally-Ill Patients
Dr Bharat Vatwani, an Indian psychiatrist, has been rescuing, rehabilitating and reuniting mentally-ill persons living on the streets with their families for over 30 years through his organisation...
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Water to Waste Management: Delhi Metro Helps Citizens go Green in These 5 Ways
This article has been sponsored by Wingify Earth. The Delhi Metro began operations over a small track across the Yamuna in 2002. Twenty years later, the metro’s extensive network covers Delhi...
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One Man Brings Free, High-Quality Education to Lakhs in Maharashtra’s...
Prafulla Shashikant (33) has worked tirelessly to ensure that children from the country’s most backward and marginalised factions are able to complete their education. In part, it was his own...
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Assam Woman’s Innovative Tech for ‘Land-Based’ Fish Farming Earns Rs 15 Lakh...
This article is part of The Better India’s series #EarnYourIndependence through which we celebrate Indians achieving financial freedom in innovative ways. Ranjita Saikia Deka, despite facing a huge...
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IT Professional Spent 10 Years in TN Helping Skater & Surfer Kids Get Global...
This article is part of #MakingSportWork, a series launched by The Better India and Sports and Society Accelerator. The series celebrates India’s independence with stories of heroes who have spent...
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Undiagnosed Period Pain Made Me a Slave in My Body; 10 Ways I Won My Life Back
Why are you not coming to work today? Why haven’t you made up your room? What is it that you’re always thinking, or, in a way, you seem lost? Why do you have one ailment or another every day? It has...
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Stunning Sustainable Home in Bengaluru Harvests Sun & Rain, Stays 12 Degrees...
A discussion broke out over a Saturday evening chai, which concluded with Satish and Dharitri Shastry, a couple from Bengaluru deciding to build a sustainable house, and let their ‘home breathe’. “As a...
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Assam’s Only Volleyball Player to be Part of National Team Now Uplifts 2200...
This article is part of #MakingSportWork, a series launched by The Better India and Sports and Society Accelerator. The series celebrates India’s independence with stories of heroes who have spent...
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Experts Share 4 Things India Must Do To Improve Its Rank on Global Gender Gap...
Despite comprising nearly half of the global population, women are falling behind most growth indicators. India has ranked 135 out of 146 on the global gender gap index. The Global Gender Report 2022...
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Jungle Cry: When 12 Indian Tribal Boys Surprised the Rugby World Like Never...
This article is part of #MakingSportWork, a series launched by The Better India and Sports and Society Accelerator. The series celebrates India’s independence with stories of heroes who have spent...
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‘My Entire Strategy Failed’: IPS Officer on Cracking UPSC With a Full-Time Job
In 2016, I cleared the Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam with an All India Rank (AIR) 21 and joined the 2017 batch. I finished my training and was posted at my home cadre Punjab. After working in...
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‘I Never Wanted a Job’: 25-YO Starts ‘Slow Travel’ Biz, Curates Immersive...
My 2017 solo trip to the Himalayas during my college break offered me various perspectives and worldviews that my city upbringing could never offer. This trip exposed me to ‘slow-living’ communities in...
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