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Nominees Announced! Meet the Health Warriors Bringing Care to India’s Forgotten Corners

From battling deadly diseases in remote forests to making cancer care affordable, these five doctors are redefining healthcare in India. Showcasing...

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‘France, But Make It Indian’: How To Plan A 24-Hour Escape to Puducherry

This month, swap crowded cities for cobbled lanes and colonial charm. Puducherry offers a slice of France — with a South Indian twist. Think...

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‘Her Kidney, My Victory’: How a Mother-Son Bond Made India Proud at the World Transplant Games

Diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) at the age of 15, Varun Anand found his calling in sports. This is a case in point for the power of...

18.08.2025 5

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How Partition & Fate Led 2 Refugees To Find Love & Build Delhi’s Iconic Bahrisons Bookstore

The Partition of 1947 resulted in bloodshed, violence and displacement. But it also shaped love stories during that time; one such was that of the...

16.08.2025 10

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Unforgettable Partition Tales of Forgiveness, Strangers Giving Refuge & Friendships Defying Borders

In 1947, India witnessed Partition. While violence colours most narratives around this historic event, there are also stories of hope, humanity and...

15.08.2025 2

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In 300 Days, This Programme Turned Struggling Villagers Into Self-Reliant Micro-Preneurs

The Leap 300 model helps families escape extreme poverty in just 300 days through app-based selection, skill training, and business mentoring. With a...

15.08.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

These Siblings Helped Their Dad Turn Barren Land Into a Thriving Eco-Homestay With 1500 Trees

Ajit Mishra transformed a denuded 20-acre plot in Malshej Ghat into Nehamrit Farms — a thriving agrotourism destination featuring over 1,500...

14.08.2025 6

Krystelle Dsouza

Top 5 Telebhaja Spots in Kolkata That Have Served Tagore and Bose

From Subhash Chandra Bose’s favourite telebhaja to the kabiraji that was invented to impress Tagore, these legendary snack stalls have been part of...

13.08.2025 4

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Built by a Sanskrit Scholar for his Polish Wife, This Uttarakhand Eco Stay is a Sustainable Paradise

Cocooned by oak and rhododendron forests, Jilling Terraces in Uttarakhand offers a mountain escape rooted in sustainability. From locally sourced food...

11.08.2025 10

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Nominees Announced! Meet The 5 Women Whose Everyday Work is Reshaping Lives Across India

Showcasing the five women who have been nominated for ‘Optum Presents The Better India Showcase’ supported by the M3M foundation. They build in...

10.08.2025 5

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Why Gen Z Is Queuing Up for This Purani Dilli Walk Led by Local History Buff

In 2014, Abu Sufiyan started Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein to make heritage walks in Old Delhi much more layered. The years have seen him take guests...

08.08.2025 6

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Inside This 300-Year-Old Abandoned Home in Arunachal, 8 Women Are Reviving Monpa Food Traditions

Why should momos be made of refined flour when millets are widely available? These and many other questions led eight Monpa women to start a community...

06.08.2025 20

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Meet the Dad Who Left City Life to Build a Green Haven for His Daughters in the Himalayas

'Aashraya on the Ganga' is a sustainable homestay in Rishikesh featuring dry stone and wood from a car showroom. But its sustainability spills beyond...

05.08.2025 5

Krystelle Dsouza

Escape City Life in This Fairytale Mud Home in Rishikesh, Built by 90 People From 18 Countries

Raghav and Ansh Kumar, architects from Delhi, created Tiny Farm Fort, a homestay in Rishikesh. Made using cob, this sustainable retreat aims to...

04.08.2025 4

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The 84-YO Bengaluru Scientist Behind 25 Patented Science Kits and Mini Microscopes for Curious Kids

From designing tools to exploring ideas, Hari Parameswaran’s life has been a steady pursuit of making science less abstract. Now 84, he’s crafted...

04.08.2025 20

Krystelle Dsouza

Mom & Daughter Duo Transform Barren Land into a Serene Organic Farmstay With 2000 Trees

Built with locally-grown bamboo and mud from the fields, the farmstay is sustainability personified, not just in its construction but also in the...

03.08.2025 8

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How a Family Resurrected Their 300-YO Ancestral Palace Into a Glorious Heritage HotelFriday Republish Cossimbazar Palace

Nothing less than an Enid Blyton novel, the Roy family's journey to revisiting their ancestral palace in Kasim Bazar, West Bengal and finding it in a...

01.08.2025 20

Krystelle Dsouza

Vikas Khanna’s New York ‘Bungalow’ Is a Love Letter to Indian Cooking

From a Amritsar kitchen to a serene New York bungalow, Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna is redefining global food with India’s native ingredients and...

31.07.2025 4

Krystelle Dsouza

Ex-Corporate Exec Turned Farmer Preserves 3600 Native Seeds to Revive India’s Traditional Crops

Darlapudi Ravi was an assistant general manager at a cement industry when he realised how modern dietary practices lead to a variety of diseases....

31.07.2025 4

Krystelle Dsouza

This Brave Forest Guard Took on Poachers in the 1900s & Helped Protect Kaziranga National Park

Long before Kaziranga became a national park, a brave tribal forest guard named Mahi Chandra Miri took on poachers and protected its endangered...

28.07.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

Next to Bannerghatta Forest, These Friends Built Earthy, Eco-Friendly Homes From Mud & Stone

Carried away by the aesthetics of Bannerghatta National Park and its surroundings, these three friends decided to build their eco-friendly homes near...

28.07.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

This Wilderness Camp ‘Disappears’ Every Year to Protect Tigers & Forests in Madhya Pradesh

Near Pench National Park, this wilderness camp is dismantled every year before the monsoon, allowing the forest and its wildlife to regenerate. Built...

27.07.2025 5

Krystelle Dsouza

Watch: These Eco-Friendly Rakhis Are Empowering 300 Women!

From women empowerment to growing gardens, these rakhis are spinning a sustainable tale right from their source to destination.

25.07.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

Witness a Rare Moment: 1500 Olive Ridley Hatchlings Take Over Andhra’s Shores

Olive Ridley Turtles are at constant threat from fishing nets and poaching.

24.07.2025 3

Krystelle Dsouza

3 Indian Structures That Replaced Concrete — One’s a Bunker Built From Plastic Waste at 14000 Ft

As sustainable architecture projects take off across India, we train our gaze on the ones that won our hearts. And we pose a simple question: does...

23.07.2025 5

Krystelle Dsouza

What It Took to Film Theyyam—Kerala’s Sacred 1500-Year-Old Dance Few Outsiders Ever Witness

Theyyam is a time-tested ritual that you can witness for yourself if you head to Kerala between October to May, when the villages come alive with this...

22.07.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

An Hour From Mumbai, This Family Built a 3-Acre Forest Stay With 800+ Trees & 140 Plant Varieties

Keyur and Nishit Barad turned their father’s dream into reality by transforming a barren three‑acre plot into The Chlorophyll Estate — a...

21.07.2025 3

Krystelle Dsouza

While You Were Doomscrolling, This B’luru Guy Built a 500-Plant Jungle In His Home After Work

Syed Alfatah Manzoor’s 300 square feet home garden is brimming with vegetables and fruiting plants, herbs and even has a fossil!

21.07.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

6 Offbeat Museums Across India That Make for the Perfect Monsoon Day Plan

From vestiges of the past and India’s transport systems to meteorites and fossil specimens, we bet you’ve never visited these museums that take...

19.07.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

Meet the Naga Woman Growing Organic Shiitake Mushrooms on 4000 Oak Logs

Nagaland’s Lhüvevolü A Rhakho shares how she learned to grow quality chemical-free shiitake mushrooms and set up Native Organics, which sells...

18.07.2025 7

Krystelle Dsouza

Meet the 3 Friends Lighting Up 150 Remote Villages With Solar Power

When solar power enters a village, it does more than enable. It empowers. Gram Oorja’s solar solutions are infusing a sustainable hope in...

18.07.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

This Ex-IAS Officer’s Simple Teaching Idea is Helping 1.6 Crore Kids Fall in Love With Learning

During his term in Assam’s Kokrajhar, Dhir Jhingran spotted gaps in foundational literacy. Through the Language and Learning Foundation, he wants to...

15.07.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

Let’s Help Mandi Recover: Donate to Provide Food, Shelter & Hope to Flood-Affected Families

The cloudburst in Mandi, Himachal, has led to the loss of many lives due to flooding and electrocution. You can help the communities by donating.

11.07.2025 4

Krystelle Dsouza

Started by an Ex-Army Man, This 1953 Dehradun Bakery Has Served CMs, Maharanis & Your Favourite Cricketers

Started in 1953, Elloras has lived on Dehradun’s Rajpur Road for so long it's become one with the landscape. It serves stick jaws, plum cakes and...

11.07.2025 30

Krystelle Dsouza

This 145-YO Ice Factory Is Now a Culture Hub in the Heart of Mumbai

Kamal Malik transformed Mumbai's historic Ice Factory, once an 1878 ice production site, into the vibrant IF.BE creative hub. The 10,000-square-foot...

08.07.2025 3

Krystelle Dsouza

‘You Can’t Grow a Garden in an Apartment’: This Bengaluru Woman & Her 500 Plants Will Prove You Wrong

Changing seasons making you wonder how to keep your home garden healthy? This Bengaluru woman has a solution.

07.07.2025 8

Krystelle Dsouza

My Cancer Gave Me 100 Days to Live — Until My 3-YO Daughter Asked, ‘Papa, Will You Dance at My Wedding?’

Arjun Sen was handed a prognosis of ‘100 days to live’ following a cancer diagnosis. Then followed 20 odd surgeries, all in the attempt to keep a...

04.07.2025 8

Krystelle Dsouza

This Raksha Bandhan, Buy a Rakhi That Turns Into a Garden!

Ordering one of these sustainable rakhis means you’re saving the planet, starting a garden, and contributing to the financial independence of 300...

01.07.2025 10

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A Mud School That Feels Like Home for 210 Tribal Kids Is Falling Apart. You Can Help Save It

The mud school is an endeavour by Bhopal-based NGO Muskaan that focuses its energies on informal urban settlements and villages, particularly...

30.06.2025 4

Krystelle Dsouza

Why This Agribusiness Graduate Left the US to Build a Farmer-First Makhana Brand in Bihar

Pratibha Bondia Kheria started Pearl Mithila Makhana in Darbhanga, Bihar, to ensure makhana farmers are getting a justified price for the makhana they...

30.06.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

Meet The Odia Creators Using Social Media & Humour to Reframe Climate Conversations

Backed by Momentum Shifts, these content creators are breaking down concepts of heatwaves, mangrove degradation, and wildlife threats — the...

27.06.2025 8

Krystelle Dsouza

This 140-Year-Old Soda Brand from Pune Is Older Than Coca-Cola

Ardeshir’s predates Coca-Cola, which, records estimate to be an invention of 1886 — two years after Ardeshir’s started in a small rented barrack...

23.06.2025 20

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93-YO Farmer Was About To Spend His Life Savings on a Mangalsutra, but a Jeweller Sold It for Just Rs 20

Navrutti Shinde, the man in the video, stopped by Gopika Jewellers to buy his wife a mangalsutra.

20.06.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

In Beed, Hysterectomies Are the Price of Work, But We Found a Solution That Gives Women a Choice

Thousands of women in Beed are undergoing hysterectomies just to keep working in harsh sugarcane fields. In one village, a simple solution offers...

20.06.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

The Ultimate Adventure Map of India: 40 Thrilling Things to Do On Your Next Vacation

From frozen rivers to hidden waterfalls — a state-wise guide to India’s most thrilling adventure escapes.

20.06.2025 10

Krystelle Dsouza

This Solo Biker from Andhra Rode Across 12 Nations, Funding Surgeries & Planting 700+ Trees

Armed with just a bike and a purpose, Joshuva Daniel Putti left Andhra to ride across 12 countries. Along the way, he’s funded surgeries, planted...

18.06.2025 20

Krystelle Dsouza

The Nation Knows Him as the Hero of 26/11. She Remembers Him as ‘Papa Who Brought Home a Puppy’

To the world, he was a hero of 26/11. To her, he was Papa, who brought home puppies, wiped her tears, and filled her childhood with warmth. Jui...

17.06.2025 5

Krystelle Dsouza

‘I’m Disabled & My Sexuality is Valid’: Navigating Intimacy As a Queer Disabled Person

Activist Nu Misra, who has an acquired physical disability, talks about the “gaze” of pity they have been subject to all their life, and how they...

12.06.2025 7

Krystelle Dsouza

Meet The Architect Using Old Shipping Containers To Build Homes, Offices & Restaurants

Architect Akash Dudhe of SAGI Architects has one solution to India’s burgeoning building scene — shipping containers.

12.06.2025 6

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Granddaughter’s Fight Inspires 74-YO to Protect Children in India from Inherited Blood Condition

India could take a leaf out of the Mahbubnagar district model, where 100 percent screening is done to keep a check on thalassemia major births.

10.06.2025 4

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