IAS 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...
View ArticleJodhpur Woman Helps 15000 More Sell Their Traditional Embroidery to Germany,...
Owing to the exodus post the Indo-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971, several members of the Meghwal community settled in India in parts of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. In...
View ArticleOrganic, Scientific Farming Helps Rajasthan Farmer Earn Rs 4 Lakh/Year, Save...
Shankar Jaat from Salera village Rajasthan is a traditional farmer, growing tomato, beans and wheat on his 1.25-acre land. However, the 45-year-old marginal farmer never earned more than Rs 60,000 a...
View ArticleRajasthan Man’s ‘Jaipur Belt’ Cuts Load on Farmers, Construction Workers By Half
Back aches due to regular load on the spine are becoming increasingly common among people across various professions, be it labour-intensive work or tiresome desk jobs. In India, 60% of the population...
View ArticleIt Costs Just Rs 10 to Charge This EV, With Reverse Gear & In-Built Mobile...
Nearly a fortnight ago, Warivo Motor, a Jaipur-based electric vehicle startup, launched their latest range of premium e-scooters called the Falcon Ace. With a top speed of 60 kmph and battery range...
View ArticleAttacked For Being A Woman In Sports, Today This 18-YO Is A World Boxing...
IIn 2018, boxing champion Arundhati Choudhary (18) was basking in the glory of having bagged a gold medal at the Khelo India School Games, when a fateful incident suddenly threatened to uproot her...
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