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Smart Metres Can Make Your Electricity Bills Safe. New Survey in UP Shows How
Since 25 March, India has been under a lockdown. More than a billion people are restricted to their homes, practising social distancing to guard against the spread of novel coronavirus. These also...
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How this Delhi Couple’s Love For Animals Became a Lesson For All CBSE Students
We teach Biology but do we teach children to respect animals? We teach Physics and Natural Sciences but do we teach kids to protect the planet they inhabit? Isn’t it more common to hear, ‘Stay away...
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How Can a Child Turn Creative, Confident & Bold? Here’s Why Theatre Has the...
Why is theatre good for kids? This is a question I am often asked. My response is constant: Theatre completes an education. Even better, theatre is a complete education in itself. Theatre is a vehicle...
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Going from Driver to Entrepreneur, How This Assamese woman Empowered 10,000 More
Assam, in the late 1970s and 80s, was rife with social unrest and conflict over the issue of illegal immigrants. Mandira Baruah was all of 16 when none other than her school principal brought a...
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How This Govt School Principal Uses a 5-Step Plan to Teach Students During...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. “It is not the...
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In Pics: Lockdown Got You Feeling Trapped? Here’s How A Fellow Traveller Is...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. In my 36 years of...
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Find Virtual Classes Tough, School Principal Shares Important Tips for...
The Better India regularly features domain experts who contribute articles on key developments and insights from their field of experience. Today, we feature Mrs Monica Sagar, Principal of Shiv Nadar...
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This Couple Helped an Entire Forest Community in Bengal Give up Plastic &...
Plastic is an indispensable part of our lives. It ends up in landfills and water bodies, taking years to decompose, inadvertently adding to climate change. In this scenario, it is essential to raise...
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Coconuts & Mangoes to Jamun & Jackfruit, Mumbai Society Grows it All For 86...
Picture this: The cuckoo bird sings on the mango tree as the wind spreads the sweet smell of the freshly grown fruit, jackfruits call out to their takers, and coconut water is ready to beat the heat....
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Lockdown Hack: 3 Filmmakers Share How They Kept Shooting, While Never Leaving...
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” -Arthur C Clarke, British science fiction writer Over the last few months, the...
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Mask-up in Sustainable Style, While Supporting Amazing Artisans from Across...
With lockdown restrictions easing in most parts of the world, and our country, wearing a mask has become mandatory. It is almost the next indispensable fashion accessory. Facing the challenges posed by...
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How Did Places With No Fixed Water Supply Wash Hands Against COVID-19? Here’s...
Hot, extended summers are typical in many parts of India. In the hottest parts of the country, one can find interesting and funny expressions for the summer heat — ‘summer, more-summer and...
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When Nobody Cared, This Org Fed & Helped Over 3,000 Families of Ragpickers
While many of us have resorted to Zoom and Skype to maintain continuity in our work, the pandemic has turned out to be a curse for the poor and the marginalised. Ragpickers, especially, hardly received...
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Here’s Why This River in a UP Village is Thankful For the Lockdown
There is a small hamlet called Bhavarpur in Bilkhar village in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district. In recent years, the residents of this village have migrated to cities for work. Water shortage and...
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10 Ways I Helped My Parents’ School In Remote Bihar Go From Zero Tech to 100%...
Ever since I was a child, I saw my parents exhibit two inspiring qualities – care and perseverance. While caring shows who we are, being perseverant shows how much we care. For the past 30 years, my...
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How a Kerala Teacher Brought Elephants & Astronauts to his Online Classes
A wild elephant from the jungle and astronauts from outer space come alive alongside teachers in an online class as the kindergarten students of a modest school in Kerala’s Malappuram jump in thrill...
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India Distributed Food Grains to Over 80.74 Crore People During Lockdown....
Did you know that India’s Public Distribution System feeds 10 per cent of the world’s population? The government of India runs 5,37,000 Fair Price Shops. This is the largest food distribution network...
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3 Arunachal Villages Come Together To Build a 154-Foot Bridge in Just 2 Months
William Shakespeare’s famous quote goes, “When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions.” This old adage summarises the year 2020 in light of the successive miseries inflicted upon...
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How a Sugar Mill in Uttar Pradesh is Crafting India’s Best Squash Players
I love Squash and have been playing for many years. For those who may not know, Squash is a racket and ball game played inside four walls. Two players usually play a game. The idea is to bounce the...
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The Keeper of My Dreams: Why MS Dhoni’s Retirement Hits me Hard
In 1993, after the Chicago Bulls won their third consecutive NBA title, Michael Jordan announced his retirement. It would be the first of his three retirements. After a couple of years playing baseball...
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