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Welcome to the ulta pulta (upside down) school, where mountains form classroom walls and open skies form the roof. Here, no question is too ‘stupid’ and children learn by reasoning, not by rote. At the ulta pultaschool, wonder leads the way, and mistakes are celebrated. Education feels less like a routine, and more like an […]
When Vishal Talreja visited Finland as a young graduate, he was struck by the dignity and confidence people carried, no matter their circumstances. Returning to India, he dreamed of building an education system that could nurture the same in children here. What began as a weekend effort with a few friends in Bengaluru is today
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In India’s villages, where development often bypasses the most vulnerable, Dr Kalpana Sankar has brought dignity, economic independence, and hope to millions of women. A scientist by training and a changemaker by conviction, she left a government job to co-found ‘Hand in Hand India’, applying scientific rigour and grassroots organising to build a holistic rural
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In 2022, Yogesh Raut, a cotton and soybean farmer from Maharashtra, found himself at a crossroads. Like many cultivators in his region, he relied on manual spraying methods that consumed both time and resources. Hiring labourers to spray his 30-acre farmland typically cost him around Rs 1,200 per acre, while also demanding long hours of
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What happens when mud, water, straw, and cow dung come together? In Keylong village, Himachal Pradesh, they form an 80-year-old home — a sustainable structure perched on the shoulders of the Himalayan range. Abandoned for nearly a decade, the house found new life when 32-year-old local youth, Tanzin Bodh, saw its potential. He transformed it
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The tradition of Golu: Steps of stories and togetherness Across Tamil Nadu, Navratri is incomplete without Golu. Steps are set up in odd numbers — three, five, seven, or nine — and filled with dolls made from clay, mud, or papier-mâché. Each figurine represents a fragment of folklore, storytelling, or daily life, together creating a
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“There was a time when orders stopped coming. The demand vanished, and I thought I had no choice but to leave my art behind. Without work, how could I feed my family or keep the tradition alive?” says Sanjay Sangle, a Warli artist from a small village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. His story is not
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In villages across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and beyond, evenings no longer plunge families into darkness during power cuts. Thanks to a simple yet transformative invention by Uday Bhatia, a Class 12 student, over 10,000 households now access reliable light during outages. Uday’s Rs 250 inverter bulb offers eight to 10 hours of backup — a
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