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Bookseller Learns Pearl Farming From YouTube, Doubles His Income to Rs 7 Lakh
For 10 years, Narendra Garwa from Renwal village in Rajasthan, sold books in the busy market and earned a meagre income of Rs 3 lakh per annum. But little did he know that his interest in watching...
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26-YO Creates 8 Miyawaki Forests on Dry Land, Helps 1200 Farmers Boost Their...
Rajasthan makes up 62 per cent of all the arid and desert areas across the country, contributing to the maximum portion of land desertification. Factors including change in the use of land, as well as...
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‘After 10 Years as a Teacher, How I Taught Sex Ed to Others For The First Time’
In his 10 years of teaching, Raju Sain had never been this nervous. With sweaty palms and a fluttery stomach, he jotted down the points on safe birth control measures. A resident of Sarmathura tehsil...
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How a Single Mom & 7 Daughters Made Jodhpur Man’s Spice Legacy ‘World Famous’
If you go to Jodhpur, Rajasthan and happen to visit MV Spices as part of your tour, you will find the store, located in the Clock Tower area, brimming with curious foreigners and tourists. Step inside...
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Entrepreneur’s Unique ‘Netflix’ Model Is Educating 1000 Kids Across India’s...
Around 18 million children live on the streets in India. Many have had no formal education or have dropped out in the early years of their schooling due to poverty and lack of privilege. Instead,...
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Man Uses Lockdown to Grow 150+ Veggies & Fruits in Terrace, Saves Rs 1500/Month
Vijay Sharma and his mother have always been fond of cluster beans. But over the years, they noticed the quality of the market-bought vegetable deteriorating. “The quality of the vegetables in the...
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‘I’ve Had a Gun to My Head’: 48-YO Who Saved 10,000 Blackbucks & Chinkaras
Anil Bishnoi was about to call it a night when he received a call from his village informer in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh to save a blackbuck. So, in 14℃ weather, he raced to the spot, driving for 30...
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For 30 Years, This Padma Shri Farmer Dedicated his Life to Plant 3 Lakh Trees
In 1974, 18-year-old Himmataram Bhambhu would spend his days keenly observing his grandmother plant a Peepal tree in his ancestral village, Sukhwasi in Rajasthan. Around 14 years later, it had fully...
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The Remotest Villages in Rajasthan Are Getting Education, Thanks to Women...
Kamla and Savita I had an interesting conversation with two feisty women from Rajasthan this weekend. These two women had chosen to be educators at the Ekal Vidyalaya School in rural Rajasthan. The...
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78-YO Bishnoi Man Turns Barren Dunes Green, Has Planted 27, 000 Trees in 50...
In India, probably few communities revere nature as much as the Bishnois, who have upheld the torch as environmentalists for many centuries now. A community whose subsistence depends on conserving...
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Why Ordinary Pregnant Women of Rajasthan Are Turning Undercover Agents
Betiyon ko mara hai, ab tu andar ja (You killed daughters, now you go to jail.)” Aarti Devi (name changed) was not a woman who could be coerced into changing her court statement in exchange for money....
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Lost Tales: How an Astronomer Prince Built One of Ancient India’s First...
A pleasant hue of pink adorns monuments as we walk through the perfectly laid roads in the capital city of Rajasthan. Just 280 km from Delhi, Jaipur prides itself with a design that was outlined with...
View ArticleRescued From Slavery by Kailash Satyarthi, This Law Student Now Fights For...
Amar Lal, a 22-year-old, would have never been pursuing his dream career, if not for Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi. A victim of child labour, Amar was rescued by Satyarthi’s Bachpan Bachao Andolan...
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Son of a Tailor, Rajasthan Student Tops Chartered Accountant Exams in First Try
The result of the CA (old syllabus) final exam was announced on Wednesday, 23rd January 2019, by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Surpassing the rest of his peers, 22-year-old...
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20-YO Farmer’s Son Is Using Fruit Peels to Help Rajasthan Beat Water Scarcity!
Devi Lal Gurjar looked across his fields in the village of Kerdi, Rajasthan. Ideally, his maize, barley and mustard crops should have been in full bloom by now. Instead, the scanty rainfall in the past...
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With No Formal Coaching, Tea-Stall Owner’s Son Cracks UPSC in the First Attempt!
The satisfaction of achieving a dream that one has nurtured since childhood is something special. 24-year-old Deshal Dan, the UPSC 2017 topper, experienced this joy when he cleared the examination. His...
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This Jaipur Techie Has Modified 3000+ Cars to Help People with Disabilities...
It was sometime in 1995 that Rajesh Sharma, a mechanic based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, received a very unique request. Sharma was known in the city for the modifications he would make to cars for driving...
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Ex-Investment Banker Starts Farm to Grow Residue-Free Fruits, Now Earns Lakhs...
It is always fascinating and in some ways motivating when you see real life people give up a lifestyle that most people aspire for, in exchange for the hard yards of farming. Natura Farms, the...
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UPSC Results: AIR 4 Shreyans Kumat Shares Tips on Tackling Optional, Interview
With over 10 lakh applicants each year, and only 1000 selections – the UPSC exams can seem like an insurmountable hurdle. But it can be crossed! In ‘UPSC Simplified’, The Better India catches up with...
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How an Accident Inspired This Ex-IAS Officer to Give Free Artificial Limbs to...
Established in in 1975, Jaipur-based non-profit organisation, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) has, in its 44 years of existence, helped about 18 lakh individuals with varying forms of...
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