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‘I Am Here to Stay’: How One Medical Officer Transformed Health in an U’Khand...
A small three-room delivery centre nestles amidst tall pine trees at a Maternal and Child Health Care facility. It is part of a primary health centre located in the picturesque hilly terrain of...
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How a British Sea Cadet Set Up India’s Oldest Surviving Bookstore
The name ‘Higginbothams’ shakes up a lot of memories for all old-timers residing in Chennai, whether it was where they bought their first book or the classic chequered flooring, its high arches or the...
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28 Years, 10,000 Episodes & One Voice: Meet AIR Kerala’s ‘Radio...
Muraleedharan Thazhakkara, a retired programme executive at All India Radio, Thiruvananthapuram, has been serving the farming community for 28 years. Looking to grow organic vegetables at your own...
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Meet Delhi’s Aamir Ahmed, An Organic Farmer By Day & Salsa Teacher By Night
Between the two bordering cities of Delhi and Noida, Aamir Ahmed lives two lives. One in the posh clubs of Delhi, and the other, in a quiet village which does not even have a concrete road. In the...
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With Children’s Books & Bamboo Mugs, Arunachal Village Preserves Ancient Wisdom
It was sometime in the second half of 2018 that I read about a community-run library called Garung Thuk in the tiny village of Shergaon in Arunachal Pradesh. While I usually spend many months of...
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Delhi & The Storks: A Professor Shares How This Surprising Bond Began 60...
The Painted Stork is a large, eye-catching, colonially nesting bird that belongs to the stork family, listed as near-threatened by international conservation agencies. It is found across large parts of...
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My Kid is a Chain-Smoker, Just by Being in Delhi: India Must Heed This Mom’s...
It was a conscious, well-planned decision to move back to my hometown (Delhi) in 2008. Bengaluru was my first stint away from home. The learning days at IISc and satisfying career in an investment bank...
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Are Protein Shakes Healthy & How Much Do I Need? 7 Myths Busted by a...
This article has been sponsored by Protinex. If you find yourself sleeping until the last possible second before dragging yourself out of bed; feeling tired after a long day’s work; skipping family...
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Filled With Myth and Beauty, This Manipur Flower Is Wonder We Must Protect!
Shirui Lily (Lilium mackliniae Sealy) locally known as Kashong Timrawon, is a rare bell-shaped flower with bluish-pink petals, showing seven colours under a microscope. Every year, between May 15 and...
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Working with Govt to Create Change? An Expert Shares 3 Things To Keep in Mind
After working in education for more than a decade, many people ask me, ‘Why do you work with the government?’ The inevitability of the argument is evident from my core belief that the public education...
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‘Basti’ Heroes: This Pathbreaker is Giving Her Child The Future She Was Denied
This is a series of stories featuring women from a small basti in Ranchi, Jharkhand, who are the epitome of women empowerment. Although the basti is close to one of the multiple townships in the...
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The Hero I Know: How My Appa Lived a Sustainable Life Decades Before It Was Cool
‘The Hero I Know’ is a series written by our readers and contributors, about the people in their lives who inspired them. From living sustainably to helping strangers; from going out of their way to...
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This is a series of stories featuring a few women staying in a small basti in Ranchi, Jharkhand, who are the epitome of women empowerment. There are multiple townships in this beautiful capital city...
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Good Style Comes Cheap: How 4 Groups Are Making Jumble Sales Goa’s Best Kept...
The idea of sustainable living sounds interesting as it is about buying eco-friendly, local stuff, and reducing waste. But this system cannot function in isolation. It requires the coming together of...
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Silent Killer: This Unique Initiative Aims To Help 1.6 Million People...
In November 2018, 50-year-old Nandini (name changed), an HR Executive in a software firm in Bengaluru, found a lump at the back of her neck. She tried traditional ways of treating it, but when it...
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Fellow Cancer Survivors, COVID-19 Causing Chemotherapy Flashbacks? Here’s How...
In light of the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), social distancing has become a norm across the globe. Cancer survivors like me, who underwent extensive chemotherapy, are pros at social...
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This Goa Couple Grow Their Veggies & Fish Without Using Soil or Chemicals!
Goa-based Peter Singh is 74-years-old, and his wife Neeno Kaur is 65. They are a power couple, setting an example of how to be self-reliant with food, and at the same time, converting biodegradable...
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Kolkata Society Takes Kids From Textbooks to Fields, Teaches Them to Farm!
An apartment complex in Kolkata’s Newtown came up with a way of engaging school students in producing organic vegetables and getting them closer to nature. By being in urban settings, kids are...
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Chennai Man Shares How he Planned an Eco-friendly Wedding As a Gift for His...
Just after my daughter Nithya was engaged last May, she told me the story of a green wedding in Chennai. She said, “Appa, if we plan, we can do better than this. It will be the best wedding gift I...
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Solar Innovation to Reimagining Waste: 2 Women Entrepreneurs’ Road to Success
Having worked with women entrepreneurs over the last couple of years, I have witnessed their stories of struggle. Start-ups, in general, come with their own set of obstacles and issues. As...
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