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I Am a Mother of Two Girls and Here’s Why I Don’t Want Them to Be Beautiful
“Aunty I am on a diet, I won’t take sweet even though I like it!” A ten-year-old retorted when one of my friends offered her a sweet that she had made for her kids. “You will turn dark if you play in...
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100 Years & Over 20 Varieties: Celebrating India’s First Rice Research Institute
Are you aware that Karjat, the last suburban station on Mumbai’s Central Railway corridor, is home to the country’s first rice research institute—the Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS)? One...
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5 Arenas Where Tribal India Shattered the Mainstream Ceiling
The culture and practices of the tribes of India form a rich part of our history. Whether it is in the realm of arts, music, dance, handicrafts, or innovation, their way of life is one which is unique....
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Easy, Versatile, & Fibre-Rich: Why You Should Show Chutneys Some Love!
You would be hard-pressed to find someone who can resist the defiantly spicy, piquant and tangy chutneys, which are a speciality of Telugu cuisine. The word ‘chutney’ has been derived from the Hindi...
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Once Underprivileged, Deepali Is Now a ‘Light’ for Battered Young Women
By the time she was 24, Devi had lived more than most do in an entire lifetime. Born in a Brahmin upper-class family in a small village in Uttar Pradesh, 16-year-old Devi fell in love with a young...
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“What We Engineers Need From You”– Former Student Writes Open Letter to College
Dear Director Sir, A few months ago while reading an article in the newspaper, I came across a report published by AITCE stating that “60% of engineering graduates are unemployed,” and this sent a...
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Sewage-Choked Hell to Natural Wonder: How I Helped Save a Bengaluru Lake
Plants to eat up pollutants, fish to enhance water quality and silt that’s turned into a joggers’ track keep Hebbal Lake in Bengaluru safe from garbage dumpers and greedy land sharks When you zip...
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This Padma-Winning Lady Spent 30 Years Transforming The Lives of Bihar’s...
On a sunny afternoon, Sudha Varghese, a Padma Shri Award winner, is cheerful as she talks about the laurels that students from the school run by Nari Gunjan, her NGO, are achieving, as are the women...
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Experts Speak: After Padman, It’s Time for a State Menstruation Policy
For generations, a woman’s monthly cycle has been obscured by a culture of silence around menstruation, that allowed misinformation and discriminatory traditions to perpetuate. In the 1990s, Shabana...
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Neither Bricks nor Cement: This School in Delhi Is Stronger, Cheaper & Better
New Delhi. Vasant Kunj. Sindhi Basti (slum). November 2017. The children who ran about excitedly were neither fully clothed nor fed. It was a day that was neither too sunny nor too windy. A school was...
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Rise of the Web Series: Indian Directors On What It Takes To Make Internet Films
Digital renaissance has had a significant impact on the global entertainment market and changed the way it operates forever. It has given rise to a new breed of filmmakers who are conjuring up fresh...
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Stars, Sunsets and ‘Invisible’ Tigers: Tales From an Ill-Planned Safari in...
Winter mornings are stressful; especially if you are like me, a quintessential anti-morning person. Now, let’s add a deadline in the morning as well, and this becomes a full-blown tragedy! Last...
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This Plant Breeder’s Low-Cost Solution Can Save India Rs 100 Crore Every Year!
Every year, India imports papaya seeds of the Red Lady Dwarf (RLD) variety worth Rs 100 crores from a Taiwan-based company. However, veteran plant breeder KK Subramani, who has developed an F1 hybrid...
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Assam to Lakme Fashion Week: The Amazing Tale of Bodoland’s Women Weavers
The lush greenery and tranquillity of Bodoland today belies the tumultuous past of the region. The Bodo tribe is the largest indigenous community in Assam, and through the 80s and 90s, the struggle for...
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This Self-Taught Octogenarian Has Been Creating Sustainable Homes for 30 Years!
In the villages across the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas, one comes across mud houses with slate roofs. The mud houses shelter the residents from cold drafts of wind coming from the snow covered...
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For the Sake of Politics, Let Us Not Cut a Scheme That Saves Thousands of...
Let’s start with some good news. According to world bank statistics, between 2005 and 2015, India has seen significant reductions in indicators of maternal and infant death rates including a 38%...
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Understanding This Psychological Link Can Improve Your Child’s Learning...
The expectations from teachers in today’s educational scenario are multifold. Not only do they have to ensure that the best curriculum is being taught, but they also have to ensure that they are using...
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TB is Harsh Enough Without All The Stigma: Women Survivors Speak Up
“How did the stigma against Tuberculosis (TB) impact you?” I asked her. She didn’t have much to say. As the conversation progressed, and as I interviewed more women about their experiences as TB...
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Numbers Are Cool: This Teacher Is Changing the Way Maths Is Taught to Kids!
I had always wondered if Mathematics is way simpler than it is made out to be, and the real reason for it being misunderstood around the world is the way that it is taught. What could be the ‘missing...
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Practicing Sports Is a Human Right, and Here Is Why It Can Be a Great ‘Game...
In 1978, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) charter became one of the first documents to identify sports as a human right—an essential element of the...
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