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When an Italian Shoemaker Created Diamond and Emerald Shoes for an Indian Maharani That Still Fascinate Fashion Historians

Imagine owning a pair of luxury designer shoes and considering yourself fortunate. Now imagine a queen who owned more than 100 pairs of custom-made...

Chakma Youth Turns 500-Year-Old Weaving Tribal Crafts Into Women’s Livelihoods

By the time most young people from Lawngtlai district leave for the city, they have already made their peace with leaving things behind. The...

When a Road Accident Left Her Paralysed, Priya Sharma Took the Stage Instead

In 2018, Priya Sharma's life was interrupted by a road accident that left her with a thoracic spinal cord...

The Doctor Who Gave India’s Tiniest Babies a Lifeline

When Dr. Armida Fernandez walked into the neonatal ward at Sion Hospital in the late 1980s, she was not...

How One Woman, Once Mocked for Saving a Bird, Now Built a 20,000-Woman Conservation Army

Dr. Purnima Devi Barman built a 20,000-strong conservation force one village at a time. A Tree Falls, a Mission Begins In...

How 20 Transgender Women Built a Temple That Educates and Feed Hundreds

The river does not discriminate. On the banks of Pedda Cheruvu in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, it simply flows past...

Kerala Duo Converts Household Waste Into Thriving Garden

The average Indian household discards approximately 500 kilograms of waste annually, most of which ends up in landfills. In...

Traditional Odisha Wedding Eliminates Plastic for Guests

Four hundred wedding guests in Bhubaneswar recently celebrated a marriage ceremony that produced virtually no plastic waste. The achievement...