/filters:format(webp)/english-betterindia/media/media_files/2025/09/12/pic-2025-09-12-20-19-32.webp?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1 "India’s First Chhole Kulche Vending Machine in Delhi")
The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in May 2025. “There will be failures, but I realised that if I hang around long enough, I will see success,” says Sagar Malhotra, a banker-turned-entrepreneur, who has become a viral sensation in the food industry because of his innovation. His journey sets an example of […]
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The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in August 2024. Just a while ago, students in the government school in Tamil Nadu’s Nellivasal village were forced to go out in the open for defecation. Without any proper toilet facility, they urinated at the corner of the campus building at night, creating a stench
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The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in August 2024. Biplab, a class 8 student in the Bagdabra forest area in Murshidabad, West Bengal, is a first-generation learner. Studying in the government school nearby, the COVID-19 lockdown was a big blow for young Biplab and his friends. Part of the tribal community, many
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On a warm afternoon in Katelapura village of Rajasthan’s Dholpur district, the Government Upper Primary School buzzed with unusual excitement. Small hands clutched slips of paper, the sound of campaigning echoed in the courtyard, and children queued at makeshift polling booths. They weren’t just electing class monitors; they were voting for their own Bal Sansad
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It’s a long walk through the forest — 10 kilometres, to be precise. She must set out early; how else will she reach school on time? Yet every step is shadowed by fear. Every blade of grass that brushes her kurta — the village of Dhanaita in Mirzapur is overgrown with these wild grasses — makes
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On most mornings, the first sound at Vidyakshetra is not the shrill ring of a bell. It is the soft notes of a flute. Somewhere under the neem trees, a student practises a raag (melodic framework). A few steps away, another child tightens yarn onto a loom. Two boys sweep the entrance before heading to
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For students in rural India, access to quality education often comes with challenges — limited resources, fewer teachers, and the absence of coaching centres. But with free internet and smartphones, YouTube has turned into a digital classroom for millions. Education-focused channels now provide free lessons in Hindi and English, covering school subjects, competitive exams, and
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When Sangeeta Maurya first received her posting in a small village school in UP’s Raebareli district, she broke down in tears. Having cleared the challenging University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET), she had imagined herself in a well-equipped classroom, filled with eager students. Instead, she found herself standing inside a crumbling building with
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The bus ride home from school was the toughest part of Safeena Husain’s day. She remembers it in vivid detail — the walk from her seat to the front of the bus, down the steps, to her house, to the door, and finally ringing the bell. Every step carried the weight of the reminder that
