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The Better Indiaby Vaishali Gautam7d ago
The 1905 Kangra earthquake put Kathkuni architecture to the test. The massive quake devastated the region, but Naggar Castle, built in the Kathkuni tradition, survived.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani7d ago
A wire, a tool and a room full of trainees are familiar sights for Kester Dason. But ask him what happens when the same students have to sit through a theory lesson, and the picture changes.
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna7d ago
Anjali Neeraj remembers the specific frustration: a picnic spot that locals had loved for years, its water clean and its shade deep, slowly buried under bottles, wrappers and plastic bags left...
The Better Indiaby Khushi Arora7d ago
This article has been published in partnership with Kalaari Capital. In 2020, Akash Gupta, Abhinav Roy and Ankit Joshi were in a dusty workshop in Bhopal trying to build an electric last-mile...
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta7d ago
You might have admired water lilies blooming in ponds and assumed they need a large water body to grow.
The Better Indiaby Avantika Krishna7d ago
On 24 April 1890, more than 10,000 mill workers filled the Race Course Ground at Mahalaxmi in Bombay to ask for something most Indians now take for granted, a weekly day of rest.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta7d ago
On a rainy day, a snake does not know that the dry place it has found belongs to a human being. It may be a garage, a storeroom, a pile of construction material, a drain, a garden, a car bonnet or...
The Better Indiaby TBI Team8d ago
IFS officer Sandeep Divyajyoti Behera shows what conservation can look like when communities become partners.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta8d ago
This article has been published in partnership with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC India). At first light, the bamboo leaves are still wet with the night’s moisture when Leelamani H.G.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta8d ago
Every Sunday in Zemithang, Arunachal Pradesh, families gather the waste they have collected through the week and bring it out for sorting. By then, much of the work has already happened at home.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani8d ago
This story is part of “India Invented This?” — The Better India’s weekly trivia series that uncovers the Indian minds, ideas and innovations behind inventions that have shaped the way we live.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta8d ago
In the 1970s, Satish Bhaskar set out to understand the turtles nesting along India’s vast coastline.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta8d ago
1 Plant, 100 Uses explores the many ways familiar Indian plants, leaves, fruits and trees have been part of everyday life — from food and farming to homes, traditions and natural remedies.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta8d ago
When Fauzia Shaikh arrived in Kutch between 3 and 7 September, she expected to see Banni after the monsoon: seasonal ponds holding water, grass spreading across the plains, and Banni buffaloes...
The Better Indiaby Nilankur Das9d ago
Ethan Xavier found his life's calling by looking down at the civilisations crawling beneath his feet. The beetle carrying a burden many times its size. The moth that appeared only after dusk.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani9d ago
The celebrations were over, but at Dadar Chowpatty, the traces of Ganpati Visarjan remained. Flowers, pieces of cloth, plastic and decorative material were scattered along parts of the shoreline.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta9d ago
For eight years, Amith Kishan worked with ICICI, Bajaj, Axis, HDFC, and PNB in Bengaluru. But he always felt drawn to farming, like his grandfather, who was a renowned farmer.
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani9d 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 Nishtha Kawrani9d ago
Do you remember your first period? Maybe it came when you were at school, and you noticed a red stain on your uniform before you even knew what it meant.
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta10d ago
"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy." Those words came from Mukesh Singh, one of the men convicted of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder, in a jailhouse interview recorded in...
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