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I Cycled Solo Across All Indian States For 6 Months; What I Learnt & Taught...
This article has been sponsored by Wingify Earth Chanchal “Chan” Kunwar Singh has ridden 20, 397 km across India on a bicycle for a powerful cause — to generate public awareness on climate change and...
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Engineer’s Solar Solution Gets Clean Water in Gujarat Village, Saves 5.14 Mn...
This article has been sponsored by Wingify Earth. As India falls in the ranks of the world’s fastest-growing economies, its dependency on non-renewable energy sources like coal, oil, gas, etc, is...
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How to Adopt a Vegan, Plant-Based Diet Easily? These 6 Startups Helped in My...
The journey towards compassionate living is spreading its gentle roots all over the world. And for me, it was a decision long brewing. I was quite the activist in college, that friend who begged you...
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‘Inclusion Isn’t a Compromise’: How We Can Make Our Workplaces Autism Inclusive
“Statistics say that there’s one person with autism for every 60 people,” notes Parul Kumtha, a parent advocate for autism, in her TEDx talk ‘Inclusion: A Celebration of Diversity’. This means that...
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When Assam Met Tirupati: 2 Moms’ Search For Healthy Snacks Led to Millet Biz...
A decade ago, when Dibyajyoti Borgohain decided to quit her prestigious job at an international school in Hyderabad, she was quite determined to start something of her own. Coming from a family of...
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Inside India’s Only Interactive Music Museum Studded With History & Nostalgia
A brightly painted auto rickshaw, with no driver, has two visitors seated inside, listening to Indie pop from the early years of contemporary rock music. Adjacent to it is a space dimly lit and...
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In Rural Andhra, Lakhs of Kids Fight Gender Bias, Chase Higher Education With...
When B Anusha was in Class 7, her physical education (PE) teacher encouraged her to play for her school in the Rural Cricket Tournament for Girls, hosted by Anantapur Sports Academy (ASA). Anusha...
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With 250 Startups Incubated, I-Venture at ISB Supports Entrepreneurs from...
‘Start up, speed up, scale up’ — this is the mantra of I-Venture @ ISB. With an approach that is as comprehensive as it is intensive, all the initiatives of I-Venture @ ISB are designed to provide...
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Is Your Startup Creating Social Impact? I-Venture at ISB Can Give the Boost...
The I-Venture @ ISB’s Social Impact Accelerator is a dynamic programme that is driving change and creating social impact. It is dedicated to supporting early-stage social entrepreneurs who are...
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‘An Invisible Disability’: 7 Ways Workplaces Can Help Employees With Blood...
Throughout Radha’s (name changed) younger life, large bruises, severe nose bleeds, heavy menstrual cycles were her “normal.” “I hated physical education classes, because my ankles and knees would...
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‘Saw 15-YO National Champ Become a Bride’: Sports Hero Helps 11000 Kids Break...
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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‘Worse Than Prison’: How Journalists Helped Rescue 40 Bonded Labourers From...
Not everyone was sleeping peacefully on those wintry nights of November 2021 in the quaint Chandrapur village of Bhadohi District, Uttar Pradesh. A few of them were anxious and frightened about their...
View ArticleIndia’s CWG Success Against All Odds: Counting Our Medals & Making Them Count
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The Women Behind India’s Most Exquisite Stepwells Built For The Loves of...
When we think about the monuments built worldwide in memories of wives, mistresses or love interests, one unforgettable name is the Taj Mahal built by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz. But...
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‘It’s Their Right to Play’: Teacher Uses Sports to Empower 12000 Kids with...
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Engineer Left UK to Help 10000 Tribal Community Kids Become National Sports...
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Harvard Coach Returns to Empower Kids of Rickshaw Drivers, Domestic Helps...
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10 Stunning Locales in Diu For Your Offbeat Travel Bucket List
A sandy beach destination, Diu is known for the Ghoghla Beach which has a Blue Flag certification – an honour by the Foundation for Environmental Education that says the waterbody meets its standards....
View ArticleHow Architecture Can Help India’s Heat Action Plans Combat Heat Stress
“My family finds it difficult to sleep during summer. Even though we have a fan, it blows hot air from the sheets which gives us a headache. I feel giddy during the summer and my children develop heat...
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I Turned To Philosophy To Find My Purpose & It Helped Me Answer Life’s...
When I left home for college, there was a certain clarity with which I had my life planned out — my career, lifestyle, personal ambitions. But by the time I graduated, I had far more questions than I...
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US Coach Moved to Jharkhand, Uses Football to Help Girls Stay in School &...
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CBSE, ICSE, IB, Cambridge? Which is The Best Education Board in India
When we were growing up in the 90s, things were relatively simpler. In those days, choosing a career path after Class 12 was among the few significant life events. But as we transition to today’s...
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Kadwi Hawa to Kantara: How Indian Cinema Championed the Fight Against Climate...
A few tourists are aboard a boat in the middle of the ocean, conversing about a famed yet bygone, underwater city. They discuss how this place was once where people arrived in planes, the nerve centre...
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A Self-Refereed, Mix-Gendered Sport Helps Hundreds of Kids Study, Escape a...
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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Building Brands, Finding Freedom: How Women Are Spreading Their Social Media...
Thirty-one-year-old Kriti Gupta has a busy morning ahead. She needs to get her daughter ready for school, while her toddler demands her attention. Amid all this hustling, Gupta’s phone chimes. It’s...
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‘How Uncelebrated Acts of Giving Bring People Together’: Magsaysay Awardee...
Featured image: Anshu Gupta Facebook When you work for close to two decades on a subject that’s not even mapped globally as an issue, there’s bound to be rich learnings from the ground, as well as a...
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Watching Kids Drop Out of School in My Slum, I Used Football to Transform...
Growing up in a slum area in Ambedkar Nagar, Mumbai, Ashok Rathod saw many of his friends drop out of school to work in the nearby Sassoon Docks. His own father, however, threatened to evict him from...
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The Untold History of Odisha’s Sea Traders & How They Shaped Empires Across...
Bali Yatra is an annual festival celebrated in Cuttack, Odisha. It is observed in the time of Kartik Purnima (late October-early November), which is the time when the monsoon winds turn southeast....
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How a ‘Twitter Warrior’ Uses Social Media to Help Villagers Get Pension,...
Upendra Mahanand begins his day by setting out on his motorcycle to cover at least 4-5 villages in the Rengali block limit. On his way, he notes down grievances of residents, checks their...
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Why Odisha’s Krushi Bhavan is a Historic Example of Modern Sustainable...
This article has been sponsored by Wingify Earth. Krushi Bhawan in Odisha is one of the finest examples of sustainable architecture in India. Spread over 1.3 lakh square feet and four floors, it was...
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Built in 1800s, a 130-YO Heritage Hotel is Now a Stunning Example of...
This article was sponsored by Wingify Earth. Sustainability is the hallmark of the Blue Book, a 130-year-old colonial-era structure overlooking the gorgeous Jeolikote valley in Uttarakhand. Built by...
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Sustainable Luxury Farmhouse Honours Rajasthan’s Heritage With Mud, Lime &...
This article has been sponsored by Wingify Earth. The Chittorgarh Bungalow in Rajasthan is an ode to an earthy and eco-conscious demeanour executed by Studio Shunya. Reviving lost traditions and...
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Jungle Cry: When 12 Indian Tribal Boys Surprised the Rugby World Like Never...
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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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Assam’s Only Volleyball Player to be Part of National Team Now Uplifts 2200...
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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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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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IT Professional Spent 10 Years in TN Helping Skater & Surfer Kids Get Global...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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‘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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