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The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta4d ago
In many parts of India, entering a forest once meant entering the home of a deity. It also meant stepping onto land where a tree could not be cut, an animal could not be hunted and, in some places...
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta4d ago
Every year, millions of people make the steep climb to Kedarnath. This year, environmental activist Pradeep Sangwan wants them to carry something back with their memories: a kilogram of waste.
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna4d ago
You're driving up toward a high pass in Ladakh, and the road ahead is blocked. No warning sign, no clear explanation at first glance — just a stretch of tarmac that's been cordoned off, and a small...
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta4d ago
In the floodwaters of Kaziranga in 2019, a trail was almost invisible to the human eye. For K9 Leon, it wasn’t.
The Better Indiaby Firdous Hassan4d ago
On a quiet spring afternoon, 13-year-old Alimah Hamid is surrounded by more than a dozen members of the Salim Ali Birdwatchers Network (SABN) along the banks of Hokersar wetland on the outskirts of...
The Better Indiaby Hiren Kumar Bose5d ago
In the early 1980s, India was still reeling from the Bhopal gas tragedy when a young agriculture officer in Palakkad, Kerala, found her compass in a slim book from Japan.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta5d ago
While we rush to get ready for work and reach for that first cup of coffee, there is a particular kind of silence inside a coffee estate in the Western Ghats.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta5d ago
For a family that has just lost someone in a building collapse or an industrial accident, the name of the fund behind the compensation is rarely the first question on their mind.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta5d ago
A baby elephant disappears beneath its mother's body. It is only a few weeks old, moving with a herd through the forest patches of Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta5d ago
Retirement usually brings a common question. What comes next? For thousands of older Indians, the answer became travel, friendship, and fresh beginnings after two entrepreneurs from Haryana decided...
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna5d ago
Every district collector's office has a chair reserved for visitors, but in Gujarat's Chhota Udepur, collector Gargi Jain chose a different one: a plastic chair inside a government school...
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta5d ago
In the sandbanks of Bihar’s Gandak River a long-snouted reptile lies motionless on a stretch of pale sand, its jaw pointed towards the current.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani6d ago
This story is part of “Parenting: What Google Won’t Tell You” — The Better India’s people-led parenting series that goes beyond conventional advice to document how real families are actually...
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna6d ago
This government employee's late-night hobby is preserving Bengal's nostalgia, one miniature at a time Howrah resident Murchhana Bandyopadhyay, 36, works full-time at the health ministry by day.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani6d ago
What if farmers could earn not just from what they grow, but from the carbon they help keep out of the atmosphere? These startups are making that possible.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani6d ago
Editorial note: This story has been written using secondary information from published reports and publicly accessible information about Bribes.fyi.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta6d ago
You bring home a few beautiful plants from the nursery, arrange them on your balcony, water them enthusiastically, and imagine the little green corner they will become.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani6d ago
When the rains arrive, a city can change within hours. Roads turn into rivers, underpasses disappear under water, and overflowing drains bring traffic to a standstill.
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna6d ago
Picture the scene. The first heavy shower of the season finally breaks the heat, and your dog goes wild with joy, splashing through every puddle on the evening walk, nose deep in wet mud and tail...
The Better Indiaby Krystelle Dsouza6d ago
What’s the best way to conserve a forest? In the opinion of KJ Raju, 75, a retired mathematics professor, referring to the Longwood Shola forest (a 116-hectare reserve forest on the northern edge...
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