Garden city of Bangalore is an ideal place to enjoy nature at its best. Bangalore is famous for its elegant lakes and gardens as well as the magnificent IT Parks that are now the lifeline of the city. The city once had a well-connected network of 835 lakes. Today, less than 200 survive. Bengaluru, lately, …
Meet Anand Malligavad, A Techie Who Has Revived The Dying Bengaluru Lake Within 45 Days Read More »
90 per cent of the women in Udaypura, a village in Jharkhand used to defecate in the open before 2018. Today, every woman in the village has access to a toilet, thanks to 29-year-old Sunita Devi For the last couple of years, every weekend in Udaypura village of Jharkhand, is marked with a two-hour discussion …
Fuelled by a dream at the age of seven, Binod ‘Dulu’ Bora’s unwavering commitment to the cause of wildlife conservation has given thousands of birds, animals and reptiles another chance to live. Binod ‘Dulu’ Borah was born in Chapanalla, a village close to the Karbi foothills of the Nagaon district in Assam. He vividly recalls …
30 Years, 2500 Rescues: Why This Assam Man Is a True Champion of India’s Wildlife Read More »
The first Indian woman mountaineer to reach the Mount Everest Summit, Bachendri Pal was announced the winner of Padma Bhushan, the second highest civilian award in the country. The names of the 2019 awardees were announced on the 70th Republic Day. Pal reached the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world in …
She might not be educated, but has done something that most of us would not be able to achieve with all the titles and degrees. Saalumarada Thimmakka grew 384 Banyan trees and nurtured them as her own children. Saalumarada Thimmakka has no formal education, but she is a self taught environmentalist. She along with her late …
Meet Saalumarada Thimmakka, she planted 384 banyan trees on a 4km stretch in Karnataka Read More »
