Vedangi, who hails from a suburb of Pune, cycled into Kolkata in the wee hours of Sunday, completing the 29,000 km distance required to qualify as bicycling across the globe. In an incredible feat for any Indian, 20-year-old Pune woman Vedangi Kulkarni has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe. Vedangi Kulkarni’s journey Vedangi, who …
No words need to be spoken, no other connection is necessary; a strange solidarity appears and will stay; that is enough. I met Minh Dang on a mild November morning in Kolkata about an hour before we were introduced formally. She is wearing a blue and white cotton print skirt and a white blouse. She …
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V Thayammal (75), upon retirement, wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of her life amidst the lush vibrancy of trees. Amidst heavily publicised plantation drives and green revolution projects, here is one woman quietly contributing to the expansion of green cover in her village. In the confines of Pongalur, this former government-aided school …
Ranaram Bishnoi from Ekalkhori village near Jodhpur has planted more than 50,000 variety of plants, converting a sand dune into a green garden. Five decades ago, when a young boy of 25 years from Ekalkhori village near Jodhpur travelled hundreds of kilometres to attend a community festival in Bikaner, little did he know that it …
Defying The Impossible, 78-Year-Old Plants 50,000 Trees In Rajasthan’s Barren Desert Read More »
Aadithyan’s foray into the world of computers started at the age of five, and along the way, he fell in love with coding and designing apps and games. When I was nine years old, the only things that helped me kill time and keep boredom away were TV shows and playtime with my friends. At …
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