Cancer Prevention & Cure
How People Over 50 View the World
It is said that with age, comes wisdom. If you had to ask a person over 50 about a particular issue, you’ll probably get a different answer from someone who is a decade or two younger. These individuals have over five decades under their belt and they are able to view things in a different…
Barnala Michael & Vishnupriya Build Eco-Toilets in Tamil Nadu Rural Govt School
The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in August 2024. Just a while ago, students in the government school in Tamil Nadu’s Nellivasal village were forced to go out in the open for defecation. Without any proper toilet facility, they urinated at the corner of the campus building at night, creating a stench…
5 Inspiring Indian Farmers Turning Surplus Crops into Profitable Farm Businesses
Every harvest season, Indian farmers face the same challenge: what to do with the excess produce that doesn’t fetch a fair price in the market? While much of it risks going to waste, some enterprising farmers are turning this surplus into opportunity. By adopting small-scale, low-cost processing techniques, they are not only reducing post-harvest losses…
How Handspun Sustainable Fashion Powers Artisan Livelihoods
On a crisp winter evening in New Delhi, the runway lights dim. A model strides out in a sharply tailored, resin-coated khadi (handspun, handwoven cloth) jacket, its earthy tone lifted by fine seam work. Diplomats, designers and young influencers lean in. A fabric born in the freedom struggle holds the room. Thousands of kilometres away,…
Professor Starts Open-Air Tree School in Murshidabad to Teach First-Gen Learners Through Nature & Culture
The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in August 2024. Biplab, a class 8 student in the Bagdabra forest area in Murshidabad, West Bengal, is a first-generation learner. Studying in the government school nearby, the COVID-19 lockdown was a big blow for young Biplab and his friends. Part of the tribal community, many…
How Udant Martand Gave Hindi Its First Printed Voice in Colonial India
In the early 19th century, Kolkata (then Calcutta) stood as the intellectual and political centre of British India. It was home to the first university, the first banks, and a flourishing print culture. Newspapers in English and Bengali filled bookstalls and drawing rooms. Yet, amid this thriving world of words, one language spoken by millions…
How PRADAN’s Regenerative Farming Model Is Helping 2 Lakh Jharkhand Farmers Thrive
This is the second part of our story on PRADAN’s regenerative farming initiative in Jharkhand. In Part 1, we met Gyanlata Hemrom, a farmer from Khunti, whose life was transformed when she began running a women-led bio-resource centre (BRC). Now, we turn to the bigger picture — how collective action, farmer-producer organisations, and government partnerships…
Why Kath Kuni Homes Remained Safe in Himachal Flash Floods
As successive cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides battered Himachal Pradesh — claiming over 370 lives and damaging 6,300 houses, 461 shops, and factories — symbols of resilience stood tall in the form of homes built with kath kuni and dhajji dewari architecture. Unmoved by nature’s fury, these structures endured where many others crumbled. The credit…