Shoes For Kids, Blood Bank For Rare Groups: IAS Officer Transforms Lakhs of...
“Lal batti wali gaadi, dekho collector babu aaya!” This is the chant that excited young kids would greet the District Collector with, when his car would pass by the village of Dhanasar, Hanumangarh...
View Article15-YO Rajasthan Student Takes On 4 Armed Poachers Who Shot a Chinkara!
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. My kids are in the...
View ArticleIRS Officer Transforms Native Village Into ‘Smart’ Role Model, Aims to Uplift...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. “My intention is not...
View ArticleThis Rajasthan IAS Has a Trending Twitter Hashtag Dedicated to Him. Find Out...
#ThankyouDMKota trended on Twitter about two weeks ago. A hashtag which was an expression of respect and gratitude for Om Prakash Kasera, a 2012-batch IAS officer currently posted as District...
View ArticleBarmer Villagers Make Birdbath From Oil Tin Can, Inspire Hundreds to Do the...
In the last week of May, several parts of India, including Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra experienced severe to very severe heatwave conditions, which pushed day...
View ArticleRajasthan 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...
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