Rajasthan Man’s Zero-Budget Terrace Garden Helps Him Save Rs 4,000/Month!
I do not have any farmland or a garden, how do I grow my own food? This question bothered Ajay Sharma, a medical officer in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district, after learning about how vegetables are grown...
View ArticleMan Turns Solar Auto into Water Hut, Gives Free Water to 3,000 People Daily
Mohammed Aabad from Rajasthan’s Churu district begins his day at 6 AM by hopping on to his unique autorickshaw and driving it through various parts of his quaint town, Sujangarh, until late evening....
View Article‘Want To Be IAS Officer’: 12-YO Boy Who Climbs a Mountain Daily For Online...
Today marks the 34th day since Harish, a class 7 student, started scaling a mountain in Pachpadra village of Rajasthan. No, he does not wish to be a mountaineer or climb Everest. Neither is this part...
View ArticleRajasthan Book Seller Earns Rs 4 Lakh/Year By Part-Time Pearl Farming At Home
Mere desh ki dharti sona ugle….ugle heere moti.. Mere desh ki dharti Rajasthan-based bookseller, Narendra Kumar, never imagined that he would practice the lyrics of this patriotic song one day and grow...
View ArticleMeet ‘Mr Ranthambhore,’ The Forest Officer Who Showed India How to Protect...
When the history of tiger conservation in India is written, there is one figure whose indelible contributions will never be forgotten. Known for his trademark long handlebar moustache, olive-coloured...
View ArticleIAS Officer’s Idea Is Why Rajasthan Villages Are Naming Roads After Girl Toppers
Four weeks ago, when IAS officer Jitendra Kumar Soni took charge as the District Collector of Nagaur, Rajasthan, his first initiative was to help the rural people of the village access every part of...
View ArticleJaipur Farmer Uses Natural Methods To Grow Cucumbers Worth Rs. 30 Lakh Per Year
Jaipur-based farmer Ganga Ram Sepat had always grown crops like wheat, bajra, maize, and jowar, in his family’s six-acre land. Things changed in 2013 when he read about how pesticides and chemicals had...
View ArticleBuried Alive As A Baby, How A Sapera’s Daughter Danced Her Way To A Padma Shri
“I was buried alive for nearly seven hours before my mother and aunt dug my grave and pulled me out after hearing my incessant cries. I do not know if it was the grass covering the soil that helped me...
View ArticleJaipur Entrepreneur’s Startup Helps Over 20,000 Migrants Upskill, Bag New Jobs
33-year-old Pawan from Jaipur is one of the millions of Indians who lost their job due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. However, with a little help with upskilling and training from a...
View ArticleRajasthan Farmer Breaks Centuries-Old Traditions, Boosts Income 100% With...
Born and brought up in an arid, barren hilly region of Rajasthan, Lal Singh never imagined he would earn well by farming chillies. For almost forty years, Lal Singh from Singhatwada village in Udaipur...
View Article‘He Tried to Kill Me’: Single Mom Who Refused to Abort her Triplets 24 Years Ago
“Abortion is not expensive. I am sure you can afford it, against the massive cost you will incur by raising three daughters. If you go ahead with this decision, you can maybe even save your marriage,”...
View ArticleEx-Army Man Turns Organic Farmer, Grows All-Natural Foot-Long Green Chillies
Many of us are aware of the benefits of organic food and its generous produce. But occasionally, the extraordinary efforts of organic farmers make even those of us who regularly cover such news take...
View ArticleFarmer’s 9-YO Daughter Runs a Record 3 Kms in 12.5 Mins, Eyes Olympic Gold
Pooja Bishnoi was just three years old when she fell far behind during a race with some boys. “I was playing one evening and noticed some boys running in the area. I expressed my wish of running with...
View ArticleRajasthan Farmer Grows 9000 Pomegranate Shrubs Despite Desert Storms, Earns...
Achieving even one annual harvest is a monumental task in the desert regions of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. This is why most farmers of the region stick to well-understood crops that give some semblance of a...
View Article18-YO Goes Back to Her Village for a Holiday, Ends up Staying Back to Clean It
In just 50 days, Chesta Gulechha (18) went from being called the ‘mad city girl’ to one who has the potential to stand for the local elections contested in the village. So, what did she do in 50 days...
View ArticleHow A 22-YO Carpenter Became a Hindi Wikipedia Reviewer, With Over 57,000 Edits
In 2011, Raju Jangid from Jodhpur, then a student of Class VIII, searched the internet for information about Bollywood star Mithun Chakraborty, and landed on the actor’s page on Wikipedia, the largest...
View ArticleThis School Made of Sandstone in the Middle of The Thar Desert Needs no ACs
Can you imagine children studying in the middle of the Thar desert, where day temperatures peak close to 50 degrees Celsius and harsh winds cause sand to blow through the day? An architectural marvel,...
View ArticleA 1500 Km Road Trip in an Electric Car, For Just Rs 700: Jaipur Engineer...
A few months ago, Aakash, an electronics engineer based out of Jaipur, had made plans with his friends to take a long road trip to Longewala, a town in Jaisalmer district on the Indo-Pak border. While...
View ArticleIndia’s ‘Saunf King’ Grows 25 Tonnes of Fennel on 15 Acres While Also Saving...
It’s never easy to be the harbinger of change and for Ishaq Ali (49), a farmer from Sirohi district in Rajasthan, it was no different. Today, after almost three decades of consistent hard work, Ishaq...
View Article70,000 Copies Sold: 75 Rajasthani Villagers; And Their Bestseller on Women’s...
Discourse around sexual wellness in India remains tiptoed around, hushed up, avoided, or ignored. A report in the Reproductive Health Journal states that in India, young women, especially those in...
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