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The monsoon is almost here. The southwest monsoon has already touched the Andaman & Nicobar Islands — five days early — and is expected to...
The Western Ghats are spectacular during the monsoon, but for years, most travellers experienced them through the same crowded routes: Mahabaleshwar...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Climate change and its adverse effects...
On a warm afternoon in Balipur village, a group of women sits in a circle inside the Panchayat building. Some have come straight from the fields,...
On a humid weekend evening in Chennai’s Anna Nagar Tower Park, groups of strangers gather around chessboards under the trees. Some are...
In a small town in Assam, a government school teacher began missing work for four to five days every month. She loved her classroom. She did not want...
At first glance, dragon fruit looks less like something you’d slice into a fruit bowl and more like a prop from a fantasy film — bright pink skin,...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Despite being preventable by a...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. It’s a usual Tuesday morning and...
Every winter, thick smoke from burning crop residue blankets parts of northern India. For many farmers, stubble left behind after harvest is often...
Growing up, there was always a corner in our homes reserved for things that might still be useful someday. Old newspapers, glass bottles, cardboard...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. After giving birth to her daughter in...
Every sporting milestone begins long before the medal, the record, or the applause. It starts with a young dreamer showing up day after day, believing...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. A brightly painted auto rickshaw, with...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. In 2020, architect Vinu Daniel —...
Peak summer in India can be tough on any garden. By the time May arrives, even healthy plants can begin to droop under the harsh sun. Soil dries out...
There is a number circulating in Indian travel circles that is hard to ignore. According to Skyscanner's Travel Trends 2026 report, searches...
On a late evening in 1994, in the shadow of the Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, a twenty-something Bharatanatyam dancer stood on an open-air stage...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Gobind Rai recalls that when he was...
In a temperature-controlled room inside a manuscript archive, a conservator gently lifts a palm leaf no thicker than cardboard. The manuscript is...
A small patch of sunlight on a balcony, terrace, or courtyard can become a living organic garden where children learn by doing rather than being told....
On a long train journey from Delhi to Jaipur, Meera reaches into her bag and pulls out a small carton of milk for her son. They have been on the train...
It is in the early 1800s and somewhere in the narrow lanes of old Banaras a woman watches her husband get marched away by the British Army, pulled...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Were you aware that India donates Rs...
In the villages of Jharkhand, farmers still run handfuls of rice through their fingers before deciding what to cook. Some grains are black and glossy....
On a quiet afternoon in Mumbai, two large drums sit on a terrace, filled with lemon peels, jaggery, and water. Nearby, the laughter of children floats...
“There were times when my inputs were double checked with male colleagues, even though I was leading the team. It made me wonder if I was even being...
In many Indian towns, the arrival of rain brings a familiar scene. Roads flood. Stormwater rushes through concrete drains, and within hours, the water...
Artificial intelligence has spent the past few years promising to transform healthcare. But inside Indian hospitals, especially those outside major...
On a normal day in a coastal village, climate change may not look like a global crisis. It may look like a family waiting for clean drinking water...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. A systems architect by profession,...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Located along the banks of the Banas...
Sometime in the early 18th century, in the port town of Nagapattinam on the Tamil coast, someone made a decision born of desperation. The Dutch East...
Goa has a reputation for reinvention. Old Portuguese houses turned into boutique hotels. Paddy fields sold off and paved over. Hillsides terraced and...
As heatwaves continue to grip Uttar Pradesh, street vendors across Lucknow spend long hours working under an unforgiving sun, often without even a...
“We have always been surrounded by plastic, but we rarely stop to think about where it ends up. It is everywhere, in our bins, in our homes, even in...
Innovation has no finish line. Across India, people are constantly finding unexpected ways to solve everyday problems — from turning agricultural...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. In 2011, when Merwyn Coutinho and...
A small workshop, a pile of discarded metal, and an idea that most people would have dismissed in a minute. That is where 22-year-old Asad Abdullah...
Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. One day Kapil Bhatia, a commerce...
In the days before polling in Tamil Nadu, more than 4,000 candidates were clamouring for attention across 234 constituencies — on walls, on...
The Ramganga valley was loud that morning. It was not the usual crashing movement of elephants through the forests of Kumaon, but deep, guttural...
I’m in Fort Kochi for four days. I promise myself I won’t turn this into a work trip. I am not going to go looking for stories. Absolutely none. ...
Think about the last time your power went out for a day. The first worry, almost always, is the food. Now imagine an entire community — farmers,...
Lucknow, the historic capital of the Awadhs, and a land famed for its Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, has seen the confluence of different cultures and...
In Jaisalmer, mornings begin long before the sun settles over the sandstone. By the time the city awakens, 24-year-old Veenu Kawar has already swept...
In the forests of northern Odisha, a meal can begin with a sting. High above the ground, red weaver ants stitch leaves into tight green nests that...
The first time I ate biryani in Bengaluru, I knew what was missing before the plate even arrived. The same thing happened in Delhi. Last year, during...
Road trips are a common answer to the many woes of city life — the unbearable heat, the concrete jungles, the sea of people, and the noises of busy...
Harekala Hajabba knew what it meant to grow up without a classroom nearby. In his village in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district, children were...
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