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By 10 on a slightly warm Kolkata morning, the city was already in full flow. Tea stalls buzzed with regulars, buses groaned through traffic, and...
“I have always loved being around plants,” says 13-year-old Grace de Souza, smiling as she speaks about the garden outside her home in Moira, Goa....
By the time the one-hour plantation drive came to an end, an open stretch of land on Ahmedabad’s outskirts looked very different. More than 3.61...
Not everything that reaches the end of its life has to become waste. Sometimes, an old tyre can become a work of art. A rusting tractor can tell the...
“I picked up the report, sat in my car, and read it. I went completely numb. I didn’t know whether I should tell my parents, tell my son’s...
Most people spend a lifetime trying to recover from personal loss. For Dr Raman Kishore, that loss became the reason he chose a very different life....
Every monsoon, Mumbai braces for the same challenge. Heavy rain brings parts of the city to a standstill. Roads disappear under water, train services...
After every harvest, Madhavi Guttikonda’s terrace garden is left with dried vines, old stems, weeds, and pruned branches. Most of us clear them away...
Getting to Pentong village in Sikkim’s Dzongu region is an adventure in itself. The journey involves nearly three hours of off-road travel, crossing...
The Siji River has always followed the same path through Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Siang district before flowing into Assam. But after a massive...
“Soil is the foundation of farming. If we do not understand what is in the soil, how can we expect the crop to grow well?” says Swapna Sonkambale,...
By the time the sun begins to set over Berunda, Gautam Yadav has already put in a full day’s work. Like countless daily wage labourers, he spends...
Cluster beans are among the easiest vegetables to grow at home. They do not need a large backyard, expensive equipment, or hours of maintenance. Give...
Before it becomes a bowl of warm jhol (gravy), sisnu has to be handled with care.The wild plant, also known as Bichu Booti or stinging nettle, has...
Every harvest left Hardik Vaghasiya with two things: produce to sell, and heaps of crop residue he had to spend time, labour and money clearing. The...
On a school trip to Delhi’s Sundar Nursery in 2023, Mahi Malhani was trying to take in the heritage park’s history and restoration. But her...
As Indian cities search for ways to cope with rising temperatures, water shortages and increasingly erratic rainfall, one solution lies hidden...
Jackfruit is not the kind of tree that demands constant attention. Once it is well-rooted, it quietly gets on with its job — growing taller each...
In Kodagu, rain shapes everyday decisions on coffee estates. It is something people notice, talk about, and remember. For coffee growers in this hill...
This monsoon, one of the easiest crops to grow at home may already be sitting in your kitchen. Turmeric grows well in the rain, needs little space,...
“Even if your uncle is the President, the challan will be issued.” That sentence from IPS officer Anu Beniwal went viral after a traffic check...
If someone pointed at this building and called it a vertical forest, you would probably believe them. Layers of greenery spill from every level,...
A bowl of green chutney, a pot of dal or a plate of chaat — so many everyday Indian meals feel incomplete without that final handful of fresh...
“I usually gave my old clothes to my house help or put them in dry waste, but I never really knew what happened after that. There was no reliable...
When Gurunandan Rao first arrived at Bikkanahalli Kunte in Bengaluru, there was barely anything that looked like a pond. The water body had dried up...
“Low-waste living, for me, is not about perfection. It is about intention. It is about asking what is actually necessary, what can be reused, and...
“At night, we would huddle together in the fields, taking turns to keep watch,” Cheata begins, his voice heavy with years of unspoken struggle. ...
When Kerala farmer Omana Devasya planted ginger in a few grow bags a couple of years ago, she was just experimenting with a method she had learnt...
An ancient stepwell in Peapully Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, had almost disappeared from everyday memory. Over the years, it slowly turned into a dumping...
For most people, grief slowly fades into memory. But for Marathi actor Sayaji Shinde, it took root in the soil of Maharashtra and grew into forests....
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