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Growing up, my favourite pastime was collecting postcards that I received from friends and family who were globetrotting. They were beautiful, but I’d often wonder whether the pictures they featured were make-believe or actually existed somewhere on this planet. I’ve found the answers to those innocent questions of mine, in the eight tea estates that […]
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Feature image courtesy: Shutterstock Zucchini has a way of fitting in everywhere. It adds crunch to salads, depth to soups, and even blends into cakes without fuss. Versatile, light, and nutrient-rich, this vegetable finds a place in almost every kind of meal. Now imagine stepping onto your balcony and plucking one fresh from
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They say true compassion reveals itself in moments that demand not just heart, but patience, courage, and determination. In Trichy, Tamil Nadu, these very qualities came to the fore when a juvenile Indian gaur, trapped and terrified, became the centre of a gripping rescue effort led by forest and fire personnel. During what must have
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The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in July 2024. Harsh Patil’s family cultivates bananas, watermelon, and cotton on 120 acres of land in Nandurbar village in Maharashtra. However, productivity has been decreasing owing to climate change and extreme weather events. “In December 2022 when our cotton crop was being harvested, it suddenly
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Featured image courtesy: The New Indian Express For years, the Perungudi dumpyard in Chennai was known as a mountain of waste. Today, it’s becoming a symbol of what’s possible when innovation meets determination. On this 96-acre stretch, more than 1.7 million cubic metres of garbage — equal to nearly 20 football fields — have been
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On a scorching summer afternoon in 2022, wildlife photographer Sharvan Patel stood quietly near a dried-up waterhole at the edge of Rajasthan’s Tal Chappar Sanctuary. The land stretched endlessly before him — brown, cracked, and thirsty. A herd of blackbucks hovered hesitantly around the shallow pit, their hooves sinking into dust. A mongoose darted in,
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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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