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In Khandali, a modest village in Latur, the red earth splits under the punishing summer sun, its silence broken by the clang of brass pots at the...
Mumbai's floods are, by scientific consensus, unavoidable. "If 90 mm of rain occurs in two hours, any city in the world will flood,"...
The sea keeps its secrets well. Beneath the ocean's surface lie some of the planet's most fragile ecosystems and some of the infrastructure...
The kitchen cabinet was the last place the family expected to find a snake. On a rainy morning last July, residents of a third-floor apartment in...
Originally reported and written in July 2022, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Mumbai- native Chetan Soorenji lives in...
Not everything that reaches the end of its life has to become waste. Sometimes, an old tyre can become a work of art. A rusting tractor can tell the...
Was it Geet, who taught us that life has a funny way of putting us back on track? Or Jordan, eating alone in Rockstar, carrying the kind of loneliness...
“I picked up the report, sat in my car, and read it. I went completely numb. I didn’t know whether I should tell my parents, tell my son’s...
Long before children traded Pokémon cards on school playgrounds, India had its own beloved deck. Ganjifa, a game of hand-painted, circular cards,...
Sonam Wangdus writes about the Himalayas, environmental law, sustainability, and conscious living through the lens of his upbringing in Ladakh. A BBA,...
Every monsoon, the first signs of severe weather are easy to spot — towering trees swaying in strong winds. Most withstand the storm. Some...
Originally reported and written in July 2022, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. For anyone who’d walk into...
When Mohan, a 69-year-old retired engineer from Ernakulam, woke up after spine surgery, even the smallest movements felt out of reach. He could not...
Every monsoon, Indian cities brace for the same story. Roads disappear under water, traffic comes to a standstill, and millions of litres of rainwater...
In an age of polished tiles, designer carpets and imported décor, many traditional crafts are quietly disappearing from everyday life. Across...
There are not many cities that can run out of water in April and struggle with flooding by September. Bengaluru has lived with that contradiction for...
Every monsoon, Wayanad's hills carry the risk of disaster. Steep slopes, saturated soil and increasingly erratic rainfall have made this Kerala...
As the sun begins to filter through the windows of her home in Baraut, Uttar Pradesh, 27-year-old Richa Jain settles down with a notebook, a stack of...
Originally reported and written in July 2022, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Nestled in the lap of the Great...
The arrival of the monsoon has always meant more than just relief from the summer heat. Across India, the first rains have traditionally marked the...
Every evening, the air inside a small restaurant in Srinagar's Jawahar Nagar turns warm with the aroma of freshly made idlis and dosas. Inside, a...
Most people spend a lifetime trying to recover from personal loss. For Dr Raman Kishore, that loss became the reason he chose a very different life....
When Chetna Jogi walks to her classes at Government Veerbala Kalibai Girls' College today, she does so without a second thought. It's easy...
Every evening, the ground in Valluvar Nagar in Sainikpuri, Telangana, fills up with nearly 90 boys chasing a football. But look closer, and you will...
When Mumbai came to a standstill after days of relentless rain this week, the images were all too familiar — flooded roads, stranded commuters,...
This article is in partnership with Taiwan Excellence Winston Yang had a good life on paper. A degree from Columbia. Stints at Deutsche Bank and...
As the first rains sweep across India, the countryside transforms. Fields turn lush green, streams refill, and the air becomes cooler and heavy with...
Originally reported and written in July 2022, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. While pursuing a Bachelors in Business...
Long before the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its first forecast, farmers across India had developed their own ways of reading the...
It’s late evening in a hostel room in Jaipur. Three laptops glow in the dim light, screens filled with lines of code, UI mockups, and endless tabs....
In a classroom, a teacher wonders if AI can help plan better lessons. In a lab, a researcher looks at data that once felt hard to decode. Somewhere...
In the summer of 2019, Chennai looked like a city waiting for water. At street corners, plastic pots stood in long lines before tankers arrived. In...
Every monsoon, Mumbai braces for the same challenge. Heavy rain brings parts of the city to a standstill. Roads disappear under water, train services...
This article has been published in partnership with vivo India. No one would want a security camera inside a washroom, a hostel corridor at night,...
In a sunlit studio in Pune, rows of ceramic tiles covered in hand-painted florals and winding vines quietly rest on long wooden tables. Shades of...
Originally reported and written in July 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content.Trigger warning: This story contains...
Nineteen street vendors in Lucknow now have a little more shade over their heads. For people who spend long hours by the roadside, selling fruits,...
Late at night, with his phone balanced carefully in his hand, Arjun scrolls through lines of code on a small screen. He is building a website on Vedic...
Originally reported and written in July 2022, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Retirement is not the end of life. In...
Ever planned a vacation enthusiastically only to realise your beloved pooch can’t accompany you because the place isn’t pet friendly? That ends...
This week's good news comes with mud on its hands and sun in its eyes. There is a school in Sikkim that takes three hours of off-road travel and...
After every harvest, Madhavi Guttikonda’s terrace garden is left with dried vines, old stems, weeds, and pruned branches. Most of us clear them away...
Think about your morning. Someone swept your floor before you had your first cup of chai. Someone washed last night’s dishes while you were still...
Long before Delhi turned to aircraft-based cloud seeding to clean its toxic air, a scientist in Kolkata was trying to make rain using hydrogen...
It often begins with a late-night Google search. A teenager worried about irregular periods types symptoms into a search bar. A parent watches three...
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