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The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta8 Sept 2026
At Kisan Veer Mahavidyalaya in Wai, a two-acre mango orchard has become more than campus greenery. Its harvest now helps support students from farming families through college.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani8 Sept 2026
This story is part of “How Does It Work?” — The Better India’s series that takes the everyday things you see, use and rely on, and uncovers the clever technology, design and sustainable thinking...
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna8 Sept 2026
On most mornings, Hindumbi Kaurom Kakkada still walks into the wards of Government Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kavaratti, ready for a shift that has continued, in one form or another, for 53 years.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani8 Sept 2026
From a prosthetic built for Indian lives to turning pollution into ink, these six homegrown innovations show how Indian ingenuity can turn everyday challenges into smart, sustainable solutions.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani7 Sept 2026
If you have travelled through a coal-mining region, you have probably seen the huge trucks that pass through these roads every day, carrying tonnes of coal and other mined material.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani7 Sept 2026
This article has been published in partnership with Kalaari Capital. By the time cotton is picked in Dahegaon, near Nagpur, Maharashtra, the fields are left with dry stalks and crop residue.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta7 Sept 2026
The next time you type a question into an AI chatbot, the water used to produce the answer will probably be nowhere near you.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta7 Sept 2026
At more than 14,000 feet above sea level, Puga Valley in Ladakh is now home to a project that could change how India thinks about renewable energy.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani7 Sept 2026
What began as a simple home experiment with citrus waste grew into Urthy, a brand now helping 200+ consumers make greener everyday choices.
The Better Indiaby Divya Sethu7 Sept 2026
On a quiet hillock on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, away from the haste of speeding traffic, lies a sanctuary for some of the country’s most vulnerable animals; elderly stray dogs.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani7 Sept 2026
This story is part of “How Does This Work?” — The Better India’s series that takes the everyday things you see, use and rely on, and uncovers the clever technology, design and sustainable thinking...
The Better Indiaby Deeksha Sharma7 Sept 2026
Every year, as pilgrims and trekkers visit Himachal Pradesh’s high-altitude trails, the mountains silently absorb the weight of human presence.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta6 Sept 2026
It is easy to mistake the Pallas’s cat for an unusually fluffy domestic cat that has wandered far beyond the neighbourhood.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani6 Sept 2026
Before a fruit or vegetable reaches our kitchen, it may have already gone through several stages of farming, harvesting and transportation.
The Better Indiaby TBI Team6 Sept 2026
For a farmer, rain is supposed to be good news. But when a season's rain arrives in a few intense spells, followed by long periods of wet soil, it can become a threat.
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna6 Sept 2026
You've been with your partner for over a decade. You've built a home together, split the rent, argued over whose turn it is to do the dishes — all the ordinary texture of a life shared.
The Better Indiaby Hiren Kumar Bose5 Sept 2026
At the edges of forests, along village boundaries, and in old backyard orchards across Karnataka, wild mango trees cling to a shrinking place in the landscape.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta5 Sept 2026
There are no synthetic tracks here. No floodlit stadium. No branded jerseys, expensive sports shoes or professional training camps.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta5 Sept 2026
Nearly 30 years ago, six tiny pygmy hogs were taken out of the grasslands of Manas in Assam. There was a good reason.
The Better Indiaby Vaishali Gautam4 Sept 2026
She came to India searching for the meaning of life. Today, Friederike Irina Bruning, better known as Sudevi Dasi, cares for over 2,500 sick, injured and abandoned cows in Radha Kund, Mathura.
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