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He Fought For India’s 1st Practicing Woman Doctor & Raised The Age Of Consent...
In 1885, Indian physician and feminist Rukhmabai was caught in what is now considered a landmark case involving her own marriage at the age of 11 to 19-year-old Dadaji Bhikaji. When Rukhmabai hit...
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Science Says Traditional Til Ke Laddoos Helps You Lose Weight & Lowers...
As India dons its monkey cap to welcome the winter chill, regions across the nation are finding their own delicious ways of keeping warm with delectable food, including Punjabi, Maharashtrian, Bengali,...
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He Quit His Corporate Job to Give 1200 Kids Education, Healthcare & Scholarships
Two worlds come alive as the cold begins to settle on Delhi. As the festive season and stubble burning continue to worsen the air quality year-on-year, one world holes up at home under thick blankets,...
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The Incredible Journey Of Nykaa’s Falguni Nayar, India’s Biggest Self-Made...
On 10 November, Falguni Nayar, founder of beauty startup Nykaa, became India’s wealthiest self-made female billionaire. Nykaa’s IPO (Initial Public Offering) was listed on Wednesday, and as shares of...
View ArticleFor The Love Of Tea: How To Make Masala Chai & Pudina Chai Masala For Winter
‘Chai toh loge na?’ (You will take tea, right?) This gentle question is the first thing you’d be most likely to hear when you visit any home in Shimla, the beautiful hill station I have come to call...
View ArticleWatch: IAS Officer’s Hilarious ‘How To Fail UPSC’ Video Will Leave You Inspired
The internet is full of inspiring stories about cracking the much-coveted UPSC exams, which lakhs upon lakhs of students sit for every year. We at The Better India have our own repository of material...
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‘Only I Know…’: Sardar Patel Wrote This Letter On Nehru’s 60th Birthday
Despite what some might say today, the mutual admiration between Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel has been well-documented. This is not to say that political disagreements did not exist,...
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Rani Rashmoni: When A Bengali Widow Outwitted The East India Company
For all of history, Indian women have been championing social change, pioneering important movements, and making invaluable contributions to society. But as can be seen from our history books, their...
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This Campaign Helped Hundreds of Students In Villages Study on Smartphones...
This article has been published in partnership with Nokia. For 7-year-old Siddharth Subba, “school is where home is”. It is a place where he indulgently dreams, plays football, learns poems, eats his...
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Scientists Claim World’s ‘First’ Beach Was In India; Here’s Where It Is Now
Challenging the long-held notion that continents first emerged from the ocean 2.5 billion years ago, scientists in India, Australia and the US have found that this phenomenon occurred much earlier —...
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Recycling 40000 MT of E-Waste/Year: How Cerebra Green Started a Refurbishing...
This article has been sponsored by Cerebra Green An old laptop, a phone with a broken screen or even headphones and chargers — every time we discard electronic items like these into the bin, a mountain...
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Cerebral Palsy to Speech Issues: Her Portal Helps 17800 With Disabilities...
Hyderabad-based Gujjari Priyanka was born with a locomotor disability to an underprivileged family. Her cerebral palsy worsened when she suffered an epileptic episode when she was nine months old. “I...
View ArticleFive Unique Festivals In India That Are An Experience Of A Lifetime
A quick internet search on the best international festivals will give you some expected results — Germany’s Oktoberfest, Ireland’s Saint Patrick’s Day, and Spain’s La Tomatina, among others. India...
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Winter Food Map of India: Find Your Favourite In These 40 Soul-Warming Dishes
Snuggled up under thick fluffy blankets, sipping a strong cup of coffee is how I grudgingly welcome winter mornings. Almost nothing can force me to jump up from the bed instantly, except the sinful...
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‘I Am An Ordinary Citizen’: JRD Tata Wrote This Profound Letter To A...
Much has been written about the legacy of industrialist Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (JRD) Tata, whose shrewd business sense ensured that the Tata Group became what it is today — one of the largest and...
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She Quit Her Thriving Career In Aviation To Help Hundreds Of Rape Victims Get...
In the 14 years since she has taken up social work and activism, Yogita Bhayana, a well-known name in the field of women rights, has seen many incidents that have left her appalled at the state of...
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Real-Life Hero Behind ‘RRR’: The Forgotten ‘Bheem’ & A Revolution Against The...
Two revolutionaries. Two rebellions. Two significant chapters of Indian history. How do they intertwine? In 1922, Indian revolutionary Alluri Sitaram Raju led the Rampa Rebellion against the British...
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IAS Officer’s Brilliant Ideas Took India From World’s Highest Cases To...
In 2014, one-and-a-half year old Rukhsar Khatoon unwittingly became a symbol of India’s arduous fight against—and eventual victory over—polio. The little girl, a resident of Howrah district in West...
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A Mother’s Fight Against A Country: Behind Rani Mukerji’s Mrs Chatterjee vs...
“We as parents are very…upset. We have been confronted with this overwhelming situation…I lost my four-month-old baby and two-year-old son….It’s very difficult for us to survive and lead our lives…” In...
View ArticleWho Is Anil Menon, the Indian-Origin Doctor Picked by NASA to be an Astronaut
Indian-origin physician Anil Menon is among the ten people chosen by NASA as astronauts for the organisation’s upcoming missions. He is also a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force. In a press...
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