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The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani23d ago
This story is part of “How Tech Changed It” — The Better India’s series that looks at how technology has transformed the sectors, systems and everyday experiences around us.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta23d ago
In the 1930s, Kaziranga was a remote landscape where poaching posed a serious threat to wildlife. Rhinos and elephants were hunted, while protecting the vast forest remained a challenge.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani23d ago
The house is full. Grandparents have arrived, cousins are running around, there are sweets on every table, and someone is constantly calling your child over for a hug, a photograph or a ritual.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta24d ago
How To Convert Peels, Tea Leaves & More Into Nutrient-Rich Compost at Home This story has been republished as part of our archival content.
The Better Indiaby TBI Team24d ago
'My Electricity Bill Is Zero': 74-Yo Designed A 100% Sustainable Retirement Home For Himself This story has been republished as part of our archival content.
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna24d ago
In Alekhargul, a village barely five kilometres from Badarpur town in Assam’s Sribhumi district, the monsoon arrived every year with the same uncertainty.
The Better Indiaby Shivani Gupta24d ago
Originally reported and written in September 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content.
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna24d ago
For years, the road between Mudigedu and Sanjamala, tucked into the Nallamala foothills of Nandyal district, told the same story every monsoon.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani24d ago
This Ganpati, if you are visiting Pooja and Dipesh Dedhia’s Mumbai home, they have one unusual request: skip the usual festive offerings and bring a notebook, pencils, colours or any fresh, unused...
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta24d ago
When black patches began creeping up the stems of his mango saplings, Shiv Kumar Yadav knew something was wrong.
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna25d ago
On a Saturday afternoon in Kodaikanal's Kombai-Perungadu tribal settlement, a 5-year-old girl appears on a video call, her hair neatly plaited, her blue frock crisp. She offers a shy smile. "Hi!
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna25d ago
Every September, Ziro Valley in Arunachal Pradesh turns from quiet paddy fields into a four-day festival ground, drawing thousands into India's remote northeast for a music experience found nowhere...
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani25d ago
On the first day, it looks almost too simple to be Ganpati. A large plate. A thin layer of finely sifted mud.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta26d ago
“Engineering school taught me how to solve problems. Parkinson’s patients guided me on how to actually spot real problems.” For Amey Desai, that difference has shaped his life’s work.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani26d ago
For parents, moving to another country with children comes with a long list of questions. Will they settle in? Will they make friends? Will they feel at home?
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta26d ago
I must have been four or five when an old family album left me with a question I would carry for years.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta27d ago
It always begins with hope. You bring home a healthy money plant or a flowering hibiscus, carefully pick the perfect corner on your balcony, water it every day, and picture your home slowly turning...
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna27d ago
By 2016, Guruo Ka Talab in Jodhpur had become a dumping ground. Flowers, idols, books, pictures, plastic and other materials were being discarded into the water.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta27d ago
Stray. Street dog. Free-ranging. Feral. A dog sleeping outside a tea stall may be called a stray. A pack seen near a forest may be described as feral.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani27d ago
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...
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