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Positive News 5 Farmers Band To Revive Dying Water Body, Now Irrigate 50 Acres Of Farmland
On the receiving end of the climate crisis and urban infrastructural issues, five Madurai farmers approached DHAN (Development of Humane Action) Foundation as their last resort in 2016. M Seedhuramu, one of the members of this contingent, tells The Better India, 'We were desperate to get a perennial source of water for our livelihoods.Read all the latest updates on...
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Positive News Forgotten 'Queen of Tamil Theatre' Took The Art Of The Devadasis To The World
In his book Drama Queens: Women Who Created History on Stage (2017), author Veejay Sai encapsulates the allure of a woman who was once deemed the 'Queen of Tamil Theatre'.
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Kerala Shocked by Abuse, Swiss Woman Sells Her Assets to Run Safe House For Teenage Girls
Cristelle Hart Singh is a 49-year-old Anglo-Swiss national who made India her home in 2000. Since 2007, she has been sheltering street children, HIV patients, the needy and the underprivileged through her NGO, ' Dil Se '.Read all the latest updates on COVID-19 here.
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Positive News Milk Packets to Broken Furniture: Teacher Used Them All to Create an Incredible Sustainable School
Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. - Bob Talbert One person who has followed this lesson to the 'T' is C M Nagaraja, a school teacher from Bengaluru.
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Positive News This Startup's Battery Pack & Charging Station Will Charge Your EV in 15 Mins
Exponent Energy, a Bengaluru-based startup, has built a battery pack and charging station called E-pack and E-pump, respectively.
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Positive News Meet the 'Farm Influencers' Whose YouTube Videos Are Helping Millions of Farmers
They are young, enthusiastic, talkative, and passionately in love with the internet, smartphones, drones, agricultural farming and 'jugaad'.
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Positive News Plating Memory: How My Mother's Food Helped Me Deal With Her Loss
Few things make you realise who you are more than the loss of your mother. With my mother, Putul Pal, it was her food. It has been a few months since the day my Ma slipped away from my life. Her abrupt loss left a deep wound and unending questions that haunt me every night.Read all the latest updates on COVID-19 here.
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Positive News Without Owning Land, Kerala Man Sets Up 'Jackfruit Villages' With 20,000 Trees
Enough has been said about how the state of Kerala teems with jackfruit plants. But in this article, we dive into the story of one man who has planted about 20,000 of them, all alone.
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Positive News Daughter Leaves US Job, Keeps Mom's 45-Year Organic Printed Fabrics Legacy Alive
For nearly 45 years, Bengaluru-based Tharangini Studio has specialised in ethically-made and organic hand block printed fabrics. Established in 1977, it's the oldest and last surviving hand block print studio in the city, which prides itself on social and environmental responsibility. function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase();...
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Spotlight 'After 10 Years as a Teacher, How I Taught Sex Ed to Others For The First Time'
In his 10 years of teaching, Raju Sain had never been this nervous. With sweaty palms and a fluttery stomach, he jotted down the points on safe birth control measures.function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return...
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