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Splashes of joy – Exploring the magic of holi

Splashes of joy – Exploring the magic of holi

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Join us on a journey through different shades of Holi, where every snapshot tells a vibrant tale about color, camaraderie and pure joy.

The cheesiest Indian desserts on offer

The cheesiest Indian desserts on offer

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One of India’s favourite sweet treats, rasmalai, was chosen as the second-best cheese-based dessert in the world. Here are more such sweet dishes from India that lean in on our cheese-making traditions.

Splashes of joy – Exploring the magic of holi

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Join us on a journey through different shades of Holi, where every snapshot tells a vibrant tale about color, camaraderie and pure joy.

Spare a thought for the sparrows

Shirish Lawoo Ghadi

One man's mission is to save the sparrows on his land after being devastated by the death of three little birds trapped in his house.

Display of India-Bangladesh friendship at Tripura’s Akhaura post

Aatreyee Dhar

Akhaura, 10 km from Agartala, serves as a vital land port connecting India and Bangladesh. A zero line, marked near Agartala-Akhaura check post, symbolises camaraderie. On Bangladesh's Victory Day, guards exchange greetings, sweets, and flowers.

Sohrai workshop brings together artistic hiveminds

Mitali Banerjee Joyee

Khwabgaon near Jhargram experienced a collaborative exchange between two cultures as artists from Hazaribag, Jharkhand, came over to Konedoba in Jhargram district and painted an illustrative Sohrai mural for three days.

Birds worth – One for sparrow

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Once a familiar sight at our houses, sparrows are now rarely seen in our neighbourhoods. This World Sparrow Day, we present a silver living – photographs of these tiny birds clicked at various locations in India.

Manipur woman makes clothes with lotus stem fibre

Suhail Bhat

Bijiyashanti Tongbram, a 30-year-old entrepreneur from Manipur, makes mufflers and stoles by spinning lotus stems. Her innovation caught the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Growing chicks empowers women beyond financial gains

Reena Kumari

In rural Jharkhand, women seeking a way out of poverty get trained to start a small poultry business, and taste financial success and empowerment.

Reclaiming Rajasthan’s Khakhunda: From barren lands to green pasture

Harshal Mankar

Residents of Khakhunda village in Rajasthan come together and frame bylaws to transform their barren commons that had also been encroached upon, into a green pasture land.

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Meet the poet on a mission to preserve Kashmiri language 

Suhail Bhat

At a time when the younger generation of Kashmiris is losing touch with their language, this poet is igniting their interest with her eloquent verses that describe the beauty of the Himalayan region.

Handloom and hues of success in Maheshwar

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This school at Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh helps aspiring master weavers polish their skills and gain cutting-edge know-how on the practices essential to succeeding in the handloom sector.

This Bihar village brings stones to life

Kumar Gaurav

For centuries, the craft of stone carving has been in the blood and bones of Pattharkatti. In humble workshops filled with the dust and sound of chiseling, artisans hammer stones to life — giving them a fresh appeal.

RURAL NEWS

This award-winning startup is resolving India’s fodder crisis

Smriti Mukerji

In a bid to help small farmers earn more, Hydrogreens Agri Solutions is creating sustainable solutions for better livestock fodder production. Vasanth Madhav Kamath, winner of the Union government’s Prajjwala Challenge, talks about his venture and journey.

Meshing tech and rural crafts

Smriti Mukerji

Meenakshi Dubey, the founder of the online portal Yespoho and winner of the Union government’s Prajjwala Challenge, talks to us about how she uses technology to promote rural craftspersons.

Handloom and hues of success in Maheshwar

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This school at Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh helps aspiring master weavers polish their skills and gain cutting-edge know-how on the practices essential to succeeding in the handloom sector.

India’s unsung heroes – women navigating their way through a changing country. Her accomplishments, her struggles, her livelihood, her home, her hopes. Her life.

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From tribal roots to a fashion icon: Jharkhand model redefines beauty standards

Monika Marandi

Anjel Mareena Tirkey from Jharkhand has broken the societal norms of her conservative Oraon tribal community to realise her dream of pursuing a career in the modelling and entertainment industry.

Meet the woman who walks many a mile to deliver mail

Sukanya Roy

Working at a post office where her late husband had held the same job, Alaka Mahato, a mother of three, walks every day to a few villages in Bengal to deliver mail, happy to carry on his legacy.

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Events

Yay! We spotted the rare greater scaup duck

Kamlesh Atwal

While participating in the worldwide Great Backyard Bird Count, Uttarakhand school students spot the greater scaup duck, a rare winter visitor that had not been spotted in the region in several years.

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Yay! We spotted the rare greater scaup duck

Kamlesh Atwal

While participating in the worldwide Great Backyard Bird Count, Uttarakhand school students spot the greater scaup duck, a rare winter visitor that had not been spotted in the region in several years.

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