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When the millet harvest arrives in the Yimkhiung villages of eastern Nagaland, the celebrations go far beyond the harvest itself. Families come...
At the edge of a small temple lane in Bengaluru’s Sampangiram Nagar, a circular stone well sits behind a metal grill canopy. A few years ago, most...
The sea keeps its secrets well. Beneath the ocean's surface lie some of the planet's most fragile ecosystems and some of the infrastructure...
The kitchen cabinet was the last place the family expected to find a snake. On a rainy morning last July, residents of a third-floor apartment in...
Every monsoon, the first signs of severe weather are easy to spot — towering trees swaying in strong winds. Most withstand the storm. Some...
There are not many cities that can run out of water in April and struggle with flooding by September. Bengaluru has lived with that contradiction for...
In the summer of 2019, Chennai looked like a city waiting for water. At street corners, plastic pots stood in long lines before tankers arrived. In...
The loan officer did not begin with a stack of papers. Instead, a satellite image appeared on the screen. From hundreds of kilometres above the Earth,...
Before the India Meteorological Department (IMD) releases its monsoon forecast, and before weather apps begin flashing percentages and storm maps,...
Every year, around the early months, Odisha’s coastline makes the news for the same reason: thousands of Olive Ridley turtles emerging from the sea,...
In Mawsynram, the wettest inhabited place on Earth, people have learned something most of us never will: how to live with rain that rarely stops....
In the Sundarbans, a honey hunt can begin with a small movement in the sky. As the tide shifts through the mangrove creeks, the mouals (traditional...
When heavy rain lashes Bengaluru every monsoon, roads fill up, drains struggle, and thousands of trees and branches across the city come down. But on...
The road to the village is rough, winding through dense forest and carrying memories of years of conflict. In a video that has since gone viral, IAS...
You may have seen it during a regular grocery run. A packet of turmeric says 'organic'. A bottle of shampoo is labelled 'natural'....
Before a medicinal tree blooms, they know it. Before a stream begins to shrink after a weak monsoon, they notice it. Before a changing season appears...
The first thing visitors notice at Tsomgo Lake today is the water. At more than 12,000 feet above sea level, the glacial lake reflects the mountains...
On the edge of a forest in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, bamboo is much more than a natural resource. For the Gond Adivasi community of...
When Manoj Prabhakar Mahajan wants to know whether rain is likely over his fields, he no longer waits for a visit from an agriculture officer or calls...
Nine women waited backstage in Jaipur on a winter evening in 2025. For some, it was the first time they had travelled alone. For others, it was the...
2,000 guests. Two days of celebrations. Thousands of meals served. By most standards, Neha and Shankar’s wedding had the scale and warmth of a grand...
Along the West Deo River in Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve, a forest team scans the waterline. A pair of eyes breaks the surface. Further...
What if the next breakthrough antibiotic isn't discovered in a laboratory, but deep inside a cave? A recent review suggests it could be growing...
A breeze rustles through the banyan trees. Dragonflies skim the water’s surface. Temple bells echo through the humid air. For generations, this was...
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