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This Engineer Left His Government Job to Become a Farmer and Is Earning in...
Harish Dhandev, a 24-year-old engineer, left his government job in 2013 and started doing aloe vera farming. Today, he is the owner of a company with a turnover in crores. At a time when the number of...
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TBI Blogs: Learn the Different Styles of Hand Block Printing from a National...
Master artisan Lalchand Derawala talks about his introduction to hand block printing and his journey of becoming a National Award winning artist. On an India Kala buying trip in Rajasthan, we visited...
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These 9 Marvellous Doorways in Amer Fort & City Palace Offer a Glimpse of...
Aparna Rajagopalan shares her memories of the beautiful city of Jaipur, with pictures of some of marvellous doorways that each have a story to tell. I have been fortunate to visit Jaipur on a number of...
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#Travel Tales: These Little Known Desert Destinations in Rajasthan Are Simply...
While the word 'desert' often conjures up the image of an arid and inhospitable landscape, it also evokes a sense of mystery and silence under endless starry skies. The combination of solitude,...
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TBI Blogs: How One Man Converted His Drought-Prone Hometown in Rajasthan Into...
Chain Singh has spent the last 22 years of his life planting and nurturing plants in his hometown of Delwara, Rajasthan. His efforts have helped change the landscape of the village from a dust-ridden...
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This Village in Rajasthan Plants 111 Trees for Every Girl Child Born. Thanks...
Piplantri village in Rajasthan is making news for initiatives that encourage empowerment of women and environment conservation, along with increasing employment opportunities. All this, thanks to one...
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TBI Food Secrets: The Fascinating History Behind Rajasthan’s Traditional Dish...
What Chole Bhature is to Punjab, Dal Baati Churma is to Rajasthan. A quintessential Rajasthani dish, this three-in-one treat (baked baati with spicy panchmel dal and sweet crumbly churma) is revered as...
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The Life of Domestic Workers in India. And The Ray of Hope.
Physical and sexual abuse was a common occurrence in the lives of domestic workers in Rajasthan. Till one organization came along and gave them the confidence and knowledge to speak against the...
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Udaipur’s Hooligans and Troublemakers Are Facing a New Terror – These...
Women in India are often reluctant to approach the police forces of the country, because of a certain negative and unhelpful image. Udaipur’s new all-woman patrol squad hopes to remedy that sorry state...
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TBI Blogs: How a Doctor in Rajasthan Used a Traditional Remedy for Anaemia to...
Folk medicine and Ayurveda can often provide remedies that offer almost miraculous results. A doctor in Rajasthan stumbled upon one such remedy, and has used it to change the lives of women in...
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How a German Vet’s Love for Camels is Saving a Unique Community in Rajasthan
The camel is part of the landscape of Rajasthan; the icon of the desert state, part of its cultural identity, and an economically important animal for nomadic desert communities like the Raikas, who...
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How an Innovative IAS Officer Is Single-Handedly Reviving Rajasthan’s...
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource." - John F. Kennedy In 2009, India enacted a landmark legislation promising...
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All about Second Chances: This NGO Helps Adolescents in Rural Rajasthan Study...
Doosra Dashak, which literally means ‘second decade’, has been playing a stellar role in providing the right guidance, educational inputs, and skills to adolescents to make their lives more engaging...
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How E-Mitra Kiosks in Rajasthan Help People Access 300 Govt Services without...
Aditi Sinha and Prateek Behera write about an e-governance initiative that is streamlining the system of government service delivery in Rajasthan. e-Mitra is an e-governance initiative taken up by the...
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Meet the Engineer Who Chucked His Well-Paying Career to Help Beggars Become...
An engineer by profession, Ganpat Krishna Yadav could have held on to a lucrative job. Instead, he chose to set up an organic farm in Jaipur with the focused intention of providing employment...
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Olympic Athlete Krishna Poonia Saves Two Girls from Molesters and Wins Our...
Olympic athlete Krishna Poonia recently turned into a superhero when she chased down men who were harassing two girls in Churu district of Rajasthan. The incident took place on New Year's Eve at a busy...
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TBI Blogs: How ‘Safe Spaces’ Helped Women in a Rajasthan Village Open up...
Talking about issues like menstruation, female hygiene, and other “taboo” topics can be particularly difficult in ultra-traditional and conservative settings in villages. Bhawna Khattar talks about a...
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TBI Blogs: Meet ‘Lady Wi-Fi’ and Other Super Inspiring Women of Rajasthan’s...
Women of the Sahariya tribe in Rajasthan are making a mark for themselves and, in the process, enabling access to a better livelihood for others in their community. In Hindu mythology, it is believed...
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Beyond The Call of Duty: This IPS Officer Performs in Street Plays for an...
An officer by day, a social activist by night, Tejaswini Gautam has performed in over 50 plays. Tejaswini Gautam is not an ordinary IPS officer. When Tejaswini is in a police uniform, she carries out...
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TBI Blogs: A Unique Museum Near Jaipur Is Helping Artisans Preserve a...
Industrialisation and rising consumer demand have severely affected a lot of traditional art forms and handicraft industries. Anokhi Museum in Rajasthan is trying to preserve such a dying handicraft...
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