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This Innovation from Rajasthan Can Help You Earn Lakhs from Cow Dung. Find...
The Sunderbans in West Bengal are set to get electricity generated from cow dung. This Ganesh Chaturthi, many families across India brought home idols made from cow dung. Punjab went a step further and...
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IIT Jodhpur Develops Low-Cost ‘Future Fuel’ Made From Sunlight & Water!
Battling air pollution and meeting the fuel demands of an ever-growing population present two seemingly intractable problems for policymakers. One solution before them is the availability of hydrogen...
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How a Sexagenarian Couple is Providing Education to Rajasthan’s...
Rinku is a 10-year-old from the Bhil tribe. She says, “I was too little when I was married.” Her parents work as bonded labour at a farmhouse, where they clean cattle waste. She says, “I still do it...
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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...
18-year-old law student, Amar Lal, 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...
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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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Battling All Odds to Fulfill Parents’ Dream, 2 Sons of Rajasthan Tailor Crack...
It is a human tendency to seek inspiration and motivation from others to keep renewing our resolve to achieve our goals. For millions of civil service aspirants, there can be no greater inspiration...
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Using Tech, 26-YO Jodhpur Man Helps Govt Solve 180+ Civic Complaints On Time!
While many of us are busy catching up with the latest episode of a Netflix series on the weekends, 26-year-old Jodhpur resident Pratyush Joshi utilises his time in a far better manner. Joshi, who works...
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78-YO Rajasthan Professor’s ‘Superfood’ Farms Have Empowered Local Women...
Spirulina, a green superfood, loves only 30 degrees! Exclaiming this vital piece of information, Pushpa Srivastav, a retired professor from University of Rajasthan, reminisces about her Botany lecture...
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The 70+ Irish ‘Pagal Saab’ Cleaning Jodhpur’s Historic Stepwells For 5 Years!
Caron Rawnsley, a French-born Irishman in his early 70s, has spent the past five years cleaning Jodhpur’s famed stepwells, locally known as ‘bawaris,’ ‘jhalaras’ (square-shaped open stepwells with...
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Inspired by Super 30, Rajasthan Doc Provides Free NEET Coaching to Poor Students
“There is an ulterior motive to let the poor remain poor,” says Dr Bharat Saran, as we begin our conversation. Founder of an initiative called ‘50 Villagers Seva Sansthan’ in Barmer, Rajasthan, set up...
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