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Led by IAS Officer, Teachers Create Model School in Sir M Visvesvaraya’s...
As a boy, ‘Vishwa’ had to trudge several kilometres on rocky, dry terrain to reach his nondescript school. He went on to become one of India’s greatest engineers and visionaries, earning a knighthood...
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50% of Your Grocery Products Contain Palm Oil. Do You Know If It Is Sustainable?
This article has been published in partnership with RSPO From lipsticks to soaps and chocolates–palm oil is undoubtedly one of the most versatile and popular edible oils in the world. But, when it has...
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Navi Mumbai Residential Colony Stops Encroachment, Turns Barren Land Into...
In a quiet corner of Belapur, Navi Mumbai, tucked between the hills on one side and the sprawling city on the other, is a small residential colony. This isn’t your regular colony in a busy suburb,...
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How Odisha’s Ganjam Went From Being COVID-19 Hotspot To a Model District
As new COVID-19 infections tear across India, setting new daily records for active cases and deaths that epidemiologists say were utterly predictable and disastrous. However, the virus was largely...
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Once Merciless Poachers, Now These Men Defend The Animals of Manas National Park
“A rhino,” pointed out my guide from the front of our jeep. All of us turned to look at the magnificent creature on our left happily munching away on grass, stopping only to drive away oxpeckers from...
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After Family Business Comes to a Halt, 61-YO Turns Entrepreneur With Herbal...
When the pandemic began, little was known about COVID-19, except that it was highly contagious and people with comorbidities were worse off. But even that much spurred 61-year-old Pushpa, who has been...
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UP Man Increases Earnings From Rs 11,000 to Rs 12 Lakh Through Banana Farming
Chandranath Pandey, a 51-year-old resident of Baldirai village of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, was hoping to find a “high-paying job in a big city” to fulfil his dream of living a better life....
View ArticlePadma Shri & Magsaysay Awardee on Why She Fought Against Child Labour for 35...
On World Human Rights Day, 10 December, the conversation in the media twisted ever so slightly towards child rights when Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurana chose to speak about it. Featured image source:...
View ArticleHow This ‘Chota Bheem’ Writer Became the First Indian to Win an Emmy for Writing
When Sonam Shekhawat was around five years old, her father took her to watch Jurassic Park in the theatre. While watching the movie, she found herself in awe of the characters, who, as her father said,...
View ArticleWith This Policy, Citizens Can Raise Concerns Against Bills Before They...
Democracy is often identified with participation and participation is a fundamental aspect of any democracy. While voting is one way we participate in democratic processes, the Pre-Legislative...
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Odisha Women’s Self-Help Group Saves Entire Village, Boosts Income of 700...
In Koraput district, Odisha, lies a remote village called Kanjariguda which is home to an Adivasi community of farmers who predominantly grow ragi and rice. The village is so remote that villagers have...
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My Grandfather’s Diary, And His Bicycle Trip in The 1930s From Kolkata to...
The bicycle today has become an item of luxury and a fitness accessory for many of us. For people from my generation–having grown up in the late 80s and 90s–the humble bicycle would find a mention in...
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My 3.5-YO and I Started Growing Our Own Food in 2020. Here’s What We Learned
I was always a plant lover but with several priorities and endless responsibilities that come along with being a practising architect, there weren’t many opportunities or enough time that would enable...
View ArticleWater Supply to Slums or Critique Policies: 10 Ways to Up Your Civic...
A country’s biggest strength is its youth and socially active citizens. We are talking about people like you, who are keen to get involved and who provide constructive inputs and support to their...
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Assam Couple Uses Indigenous ‘Ahimsa’ Silk To Make it Big in France & Japan
Every day for the past four years, Mandakini Gogoi and her husband, Rituraj Dewan, have been travelling from their home in Guwahati, Assam, to the forests of the Loharghat range. It is largely a mix of...
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Celebrating The Retired Teacher Who At 80 Worked To Revive Panna Tiger Reserve
Ambika Khare, born in Panna on 26 December 1932, passed away at the age of 88 on the night of 16 April 2021 of heart failure. A man ahead of his time, a great supporter of Panna Tiger Reserve, winner...
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How to Grow Mango Trees at Home in Just 6 Easy Steps
As a child, I fancied having a huge garden to myself and despite several attempts, I faced tough luck in growing mango plants at home. After extracting the juicy pulp, for years we have been discarding...
View ArticleThis Environment Day, Know What India’s Single-Use Plastic Ban Means For You
India is looking to phase out its single-use plastics by 2025. But how will we manage to overcome this Herculean feat when the country consumes over 3.3 million metric tonnes of plastic a year? On 11...
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TN Couple Share How to ‘Do-Nothing’ on a Farm, While Still Earning Rs...
It was a March afternoon when a young couple in a village of Tamil Nadu was busy caressing plants at its farm. The word which comes to mind after seeing their farm is ‘jungle’. When we met the couple,...
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Odisha Woman Crosses Streams, Treks Hills Daily To Bring Medicine to Remote...
“Four walls can’t stop women from being astounding and many of them have already made their mark against the grain,” says Pravasini Batakar, a 33-year-old from Odisha’s Kandhamal district. In a rare...
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