A trip to Mahabaleshwar leads to an unexpected encounter with books, at a hillside village
A trip to Mahabaleshwar leads to an unexpected encounter with books, at a hillside village

By Pankaja Srinivasan

Book lovers find warm and welcoming spots to read in the mountainside village of Bhilar, Maharashtra, where local inhabitants run free libraries out of their homes.

Book lovers find warm and welcoming spots to read in the mountainside village of Bhilar, Maharashtra, where local inhabitants run free libraries out of their homes.

A Gond tribe teenager packs a punch to become a national champ in Thai Boxing
A Gond tribe teenager packs a punch to become a national champ in Thai Boxing

By Niroj Ranjan Misra

A 13-year-old girl from a tribal community in Odisha kicks and punches her way to gold and silver medals at Thai Boxing championships. She is now preparing for her international debut, and also dreams to become an IPS officer.

A 13-year-old girl from a tribal community in Odisha kicks and punches her way to gold and silver medals at Thai Boxing championships. She is now preparing for her international debut, and also dreams to become an IPS officer.

Strawberries sweeten the labourer-landowner bond in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki
Strawberries sweeten the labourer-landowner bond in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki

By Pratyaksh Srivastava

Satyendra Verma is the first farmer to take up cultivation of strawberries in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh and script a story of success. He not only trains other farmers in growing strawberries, a fairly new crop in the state, but also provides employment to 40 farm labourers, most of whom are women.

Satyendra Verma is the first farmer to take up cultivation of strawberries in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh and script a story of success. He not only trains other farmers in growing strawberries, a fairly new crop in the state, but also provides employment to 40 farm labourers, most of whom are women.

Several tourist places in India have exceeded their carrying capacity
Several tourist places in India have exceeded their carrying capacity

By Chandra Bhushan

Tourism is a significant contributor to global warming. While many tourist hotspots have managed to keep pollution and resource degradation within check, most are struggling and getting polluted and degraded

Tourism is a significant contributor to global warming. While many tourist hotspots have managed to keep pollution and resource degradation within check, most are struggling and getting polluted and degraded

The Strawberry Farmers of Odisha
The Strawberry Farmers of Odisha

By Ashis Senapati

With the support of district administration, tribal farmers in Koraput and Nuapada districts have taken up strawberry cultivation and are earning up to Rs 6 lakh profit per acre.

With the support of district administration, tribal farmers in Koraput and Nuapada districts have taken up strawberry cultivation and are earning up to Rs 6 lakh profit per acre.

Dahanu, an ecologically fragile coastal area near Mumbai, under siege
Dahanu, an ecologically fragile coastal area near Mumbai, under siege

By Nidhi Jamwal

The Union environment ministry has approached the apex court to replace Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority with a monitoring committee. Local people and environmentalists allege such a move would open the ecologically fragile Dahanu region to plunder

The Union environment ministry has approached the apex court to replace Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority with a monitoring committee. Local people and environmentalists allege such a move would open the ecologically fragile Dahanu region to plunder

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