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Traditional Wooden Canoes Keep Assam Connected When Floodwaters Swallow Roads

The wooden canoe that saves Assam when floods rise has no engine, no radio and no crew of trained rescuers. It is simply a...

Forest Bows, National Gold: The Secret Behind Telangana’s Tribal Archery Boom

Forest bows, national gold. That combination sounds unlikely until you visit the erstwhile Khammam district of Telangana, where a skill once used to hunt...

Ex-Journalist Built Free Boarding School in India’s Highest Village for Children

A teacher stands at 15,500 feet, and around her a handful of children wait for their morning meal before...

Assam’s Padma Shri Nuruddin Ahmed Made Travelling Theatre Bigger Than Imagination for Generations 

A village boy once sank the Titanic onstage, and nobody who watched it happen ever forgot the sight. That...

Assam’s 85-Year-Old Retired Teacher Still Runs Daily, Inspiring Generations Through Indigenous Sports

This 85-year-old runs 10 kilometres before breakfast, and the rest of his day only gets busier from there on....

Jagannath Rath Yatra: The Festival Where Everyone Becomes Equal

In Puri, there is a Rath Yatra secret that even the king cannot skip. Once a year, he becomes...

How Satellite Technology Cut Farm Loan Approval Time to 30 Minutes

The loan that took fifteen days now takes thirty minutes, and the reason has nothing to do with paperwork...

Melting of Baba Barfani’s Ice Shivling: Is Our Growing Pilgrimage Putting the Himalayas at Risk?

Every year, millions of devotees undertake the challenging pilgrimage to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva at the holy...