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Nishtha KawraniThe Better India |
Every evening, on a roadside in Delhi’s Sheikh Sarai, a small classroom comes alive. There are no school gates, polished desks, or painted walls....
The clang of iron plates echoes through a modest gym in Bhadrachalam, Telangana. Standing beneath a loaded barbell is 73-year-old D V Shankar Rao. His...
There are few things more comforting than sipping a hot cup of tea while the rain taps gently against your window. But if you've ever wondered...
Was it Geet, who taught us that life has a funny way of putting us back on track? Or Jordan, eating alone in Rockstar, carrying the kind of loneliness...
Every monsoon, Indian cities brace for the same story. Roads disappear under water, traffic comes to a standstill, and millions of litres of rainwater...
As the sun begins to filter through the windows of her home in Baraut, Uttar Pradesh, 27-year-old Richa Jain settles down with a notebook, a stack of...
The arrival of the monsoon has always meant more than just relief from the summer heat. Across India, the first rains have traditionally marked the...
When Mumbai came to a standstill after days of relentless rain this week, the images were all too familiar — flooded roads, stranded commuters,...
As the first rains sweep across India, the countryside transforms. Fields turn lush green, streams refill, and the air becomes cooler and heavy with...
It’s late evening in a hostel room in Jaipur. Three laptops glow in the dim light, screens filled with lines of code, UI mockups, and endless tabs....
In a classroom, a teacher wonders if AI can help plan better lessons. In a lab, a researcher looks at data that once felt hard to decode. Somewhere...
Late at night, with his phone balanced carefully in his hand, Arjun scrolls through lines of code on a small screen. He is building a website on Vedic...
The arrival of the monsoon in India is more than just a change in weather. It is a season of anticipation. Farmers scan the skies, children wait for...
In Meghalaya, rain is part of everyday life. The hills stay wrapped in mist, forests glow in deep shades of green, and water runs through the...
Sometimes, a story stays with people long after they have watched it. When The Better India shared Keya’s journey with Parry-Romberg syndrome, the...
We all know what smartwatches and fitness bands do for humans. They count our steps, monitor our sleep, track our heart rate, and even alert us when...
On a hydroponic farm in Gujarat, rows of cucumber vines stretch neatly under a climate-controlled structure. The fruits hang uniformly from the...
Every day, Aavi is discovering that even the smallest steps can carry the biggest kind of courage. At just three years old, she is learning to walk...
Every morning, the sun arrives with enough energy to power entire cities. Most of it goes unused. One café in Odisha decided to put some of that...
Women entrepreneurs are redefining what development looks like in India's most remote corners. Across tribal communities, women are turning...
In most homes, Sunday mornings unfold slowly, with a little extra sleep, a warm cup of chai and the day easing in. In Pooja and Dipesh Dedhia’s...
When Deepti Sharma was growing up in Agra, cricket was the dream she kept running towards. She would often accompany her elder brother, Sumit Sharma,...
How long can a dream wait? For K Surendran, better known to millions as Indrans — the answer is more than six decades. At an age when many people...
Parenting transforms us in ways we rarely anticipate. It changes routines, priorities, relationships, and often, the way we see ourselves. For many...
Few things in India unite all of us. The smell of chai on a rainy day. The excitement of finding money in an old pair of jeans. And that tiny symbol...
Six-year-old Shiven misses a shot, bursts into laughter, and insists on a rematch. His father, Nishant Chaturvedi, plays along, equal parts coach,...
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