In India’s villages, where development often bypasses the most vulnerable, Dr Kalpana Sankar has brought dignity, economic independence, and hope to millions of women. A scientist by training and a changemaker by conviction, she left a government job to co-found ‘Hand in Hand India’, applying scientific rigour and grassroots organising to build a holistic rural…
Between April and June this year, the banks of the Vishwamitri River in Vadodara became the stage for a delicate balancing act as authorities undertook massive dredging to prevent future floods while simultaneously working to preserve the river’s rich and fragile biodiversity. Engineering meets ecology on the Vishwamitri River Dr Ranjitsinh Devkar, Assistant Professor of…
A group of friends sits around a table in the Nilgiris, playing a board game where each decision affects the fate of forests, animals, and communities. They laugh, debate, and sometimes pause, realising how fragile ecosystems truly are. This is ‘Biomes of Nilgiris’, a creation of ‘Bluencore Games’, where play becomes a pathway to empathy…
“There is something different in the air now,” says Inderjit Singh, a 79-year-old farmer from Rajinder Nagar in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district. “It feels cleaner. Birds sing all day, and when I walk through the trees I planted, it feels like a forest that belongs to all of us.” His voice carries the pride of…
