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The seaweed growing along India’s coast may be closer to you than you think. It could be helping your ice cream stay creamy, keeping the ingredients...
Every monsoon, rising rivers force thousands of families across Bihar to prepare for the same fear: water entering their homes, roads disappearing and...
When Dr Pannalal Goswami and Dr Nandita Bhattacharya Goswami retired from Cotton College in 2009, few expected they were also quietly saving towards a...
By the time the last cooking fires die down in the villages bordering Uttar Pradesh's Katarniaghat forests, another workday is only just...
Solar panels need sunlight to work well. But in many parts of India, dust, bird droppings and pollution can quickly build up on their surface and...
For years, hundreds of children in Ratlam's government primary schools (in Madhya Pradesh) spent their mornings the same way: seated cross-legged...
For years, the women of Zakariyapura lived with problems that felt impossible to escape. Smoke from traditional wood-fired stoves filled their...
Every monsoon, a few places in India change so dramatically that they feel worth planning an entire trip around. In Rajasthan, green hillocks sit...
“Education felt like a privilege, not a certainty.” Ashish Kumar says this because, for many years, school was never guaranteed for him.He grew up...
We have all heard the term postpartum. For some mothers, it is a phase filled with joy and precious firsts. For others, it is marked by exhaustion,...
It can start with a single white patch on a leaf. Within days, that powdery coating can spread, black spots may appear, the soil can turn mouldy, and...
For months, health workers in Shahdol could reach only eight of every ten pregnant women on their call lists. The other two were the ones most...
Near India Gate this April, a black kite dropped from the sky. It was an ordinary afternoon when the call reached the rescue desk at Wildlife SOS....
Pedro Figueiredo de Albuquerque de Oliveira Novais. It’s the last day of my Goa trip, and I find myself sitting in front of the man with the...
Every morning, 18-year-old Mohini Parmar cooks, cleans, and helps prepare her younger siblings for the day. Her father died during the COVID-19...
In 1995, an 18-year-old in Mumbai did something that made no obvious sense at the time. He mortgaged his family's house to fund an editing studio...
You pull up at your regular petrol pump and notice something new. A small sticker near the nozzle. A line on the receipt you haven't seen before....
Every monsoon, flooded roads hide deadly dangers. Open drains and deep potholes beneath the water claim lives that could have been saved. Hoping to...
This is a first-person account, narrated to The Better India by Himanshika Sharma, who is living with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and building an...
Biparjoy. Remal. Dana. The moment a cyclone is given a name, weather bulletins become easier to follow, emergency alerts feel more immediate, and the...
Have you ever imagined an entire district powered by artificial intelligence? For most people, AI is associated with big cities, technology companies...
There is a familiar way of seeing Ladakh, with mountain passes, Buddhist monasteries perched on cliffs, turquoise lakes and long highways winding...
Every monsoon brings with it a long list of plants that usually grow in the rain. While many annuals complete their life cycle within a season, some...
Most people know about India's glowing beaches. But what if we told you India also has forests that glow in the dark? Think of the luminous...
This article has been published in partnership with Kalaari Capital. Dr Sunil Kumar Venkatappa hears the same question almost every day. After the...
What if cities could rehearse the monsoon before the first drop of rain falls? What if a municipal officer could see, in real time, which...
Sometimes a story does more than just get read. It moves people to act. When The Better India shared Nikhil Bharadwaj’s story, readers met a...
Your leftovers, recreated There's no warning sign, no wall text preparing you. Just a stainless steel table, gleaming under gallery light, plates...
Last week, images from Assam dominated headlines. Floodwaters swept through Sivasagar, Jorhat and Charaideo, forcing thousands of families from their...
Each year, the monsoon transforms large parts of Assam into a landscape of swollen rivers and submerged settlements. This season has been no...
“Flying makes me feel peaceful, connected to nature, and curious about the world above us,” says 14-year-old Abhinav Sujith, his eyes brightening...
Long before kale or imported salad greens became fashionable, India's landscapes offered their own seasonal superfoods, free, nutritious, and...
By 10 on a slightly warm Kolkata morning, the city was already in full flow. Tea stalls buzzed with regulars, buses groaned through traffic, and...
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