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Meet the Lady Behind India’s First and Only Incubator for Indian Muslim Women
Dr Ruha Shadab (30) is the founder of LedBy Foundation, India’s first and only leadership incubator focused on empowering Indian Muslim Women by providing leadership experiences to undergraduates and...
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This Group Could Help Your Favourite Eatery Switch To Eco-Friendly,...
This article has been published in partnership with RSPO Almost three years ago when Sameer Hans, along with his partners, Sanu Ratho and Suchismita Naik, started the Bhubaneshwar-based Bocca Cafe,...
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Dhania to Methi: IIT Alumnus Shares How to Grow Essential Indian Herbs at Home
We are in the middle of winter — arguably the best season to grow the healthiest leafy vegetables and herbs. And according to a Delhi startup, coriander, fenugreek, and even garlic, are possible to...
View Article‘World’s Most Exceptional’ Teacher Wins Rs 7 Crore Prize, Splits it Among...
Over a decade ago, in 2009, Rajnitsinh Disale walked in the Zilla Parishad school, in the remote Paritewadi village located in Solapur, which was a rundown building that had a cattle shed on one side...
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Dhania to Methi: IIT Alumnus Shares How to Grow Essential Indian Herbs at Home
We are in the middle of winter — arguably the best season to grow the healthiest leafy vegetables and herbs. And according to a Delhi startup, coriander, fenugreek, and even garlic, are possible to...
View ArticleThis Celebrated Poet Also Saved the Silent Valley & Turned a Barren Hill Green
In the 1970s, a massive environmental movement was sweeping the nation. The Save Silent Valley campaign was India’s largest environmental debate that decade — a call to save the Silent Valley, one of...
View ArticleHow This ‘Chota Bheem’ Writer Became the First Indian to Win an Emmy for Writing
When Sonam Shekhawat was around five years old, her father took her to watch Jurassic Park in the theatre. While watching the movie, she found herself in awe of the characters, who, as her father said,...
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This New Year, #GiftACart & Help 5 Street Vendors Fight the Effects of COVID-19
Roadside vegetable, fruit, and food sellers are a common sight across the country. At the same time, they are also often overlooked in our fast-paced lives. From the number of hours they work to earn...
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The $175m US Startup That Is Teaching The West How To Use The Indian Toilet
It was homemaker Judy Edwards’ constipation which led to the start of a $175 million venture — Squatty Potty. But Judy, who has come to be known as ‘Mama Squatty’ among her fans in the US, did not...
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Brave, Creative & Talented: Meet The 32 Young Winners of The 2020 ‘Bal Puraskar’
Be kind. Be brave. Be inspirational. These are virtues that we wish every child carries. This year’s Bal Puraskar awardees carry virtues in abundance. 32 children from across the country have been...
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Turn Your Used Tea Powder into Nutrient-Rich Compost in 3 Easy Steps
Few things are as refreshing as a steaming cup of tea early in the morning, or even after a long and tiring day of work. India’s beloved chai is a part and parcel of casual chats, intense debates, a...
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How to Make Raised Beds For Your Garden Using Bricks, Cow Dung & Waste Plastic
Kirti Bhave Khashu, an urban gardener from Pune, has been growing vegetables on raised beds since 2012. Raised beds are enclosed structures constructed with wooden stone, concrete, or bricks, with a...
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India’s Journey From Requesting Penicillin in 1947 to Making Vaccines for the...
If the phrase ‘in record time’ holds true for anything, it’s for the race to develop the COVID-19 vaccine. This is an effort that countries across the world have unanimously worked for in the last year...
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Unhappy With Coaching Classes? Here’s How These Parents Won Fee Refunds
Often, private coaching centres, with flashing hoardings advertising topper students, invite parents to enroll their children with the promise that the latter will benefit from the institute. With the...
View ArticleRBI Invites Opens 841 ‘Office Attendant’ Vacancies, Salary Upto Rs 26,500/Month
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is inviting applications to fill 841 vacancies for the post of ‘Office Attendant’. Interested and eligible candidates may apply on the official website. Things to know...
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The ‘Amul’ Of Our Grandparents, And The Butter Wars That Took The Brand Down
Today, butter in India is synonymous with a blue-haired ‘utterly butterly’ girl dressed in red and white polka dots, holding the telling yellow slab of salty butter in her hand. Amul needs no further...
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My Grandfather’s Diary, And His Bicycle Trip in The 1930s From Kolkata to...
The bicycle today has become an item of luxury and a fitness accessory for many of us. For people from my generation–having grown up in the late 80s and 90s–the humble bicycle would find a mention in...
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What Connects Indus Valley Civilisation to Bengal? A 2500-YO City Named After...
Several questions surround the identity of mythical King Chandraketu. Was he a valiant king who refused to accept Islam and in turn lost his kingdom? Or was he Sandrocottus, who was documented by...
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How Did Over 2000 Words From India Make Their Way Across The Globe?
Flora: “While having tiffin on the veranda of my bungalow, I spilled kedgeree on my dungarees and had to go to the gymkhana in my pyjamas, looking like a coolie.” Nirad: “I was buying chutney in the...
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Scientist develops ‘Battery-less’ Cold Storage, Preserves Produce for 1/10th...
Tanwar Singh from Picholiya village in Rajasthan grew a variety of flowers to sell during the festival of Diwali in 2020. He harvested the produce from his 6-acre land four days before the festival –...
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