Clik here to view.
With Their Unique Handmade Traditions, These 15 Little-Known Villages Are a...
“The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry, and their craftsmen are all poets” — Plato When it comes to handicrafts and handlooms, India undoubtedly has a rich and boastful legacy that has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
After Authorities Lag Behind, Villagers Pool 50k to Build Themselves a Bus Stand
For the longest time, the villagers of Shahbajpur Istmurar in the Rewari district of Haryana battled scorching heat and torrential rains to board buses. Reason? The village which is home to over 2,000...
View ArticleClik here to view.
10-YO Bihar Boy Digs Pits so His Grandma Wouldn’t Need to Defecate in the Open!
Heera Kumar, a 10-year-old boy, has become a hero for the people of a village in East Champaran, Bihar. The district is hoping to be open defecation free, and the young boy’s work has taken the mission...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can a Village Become Mosquito-Free? This Pune Hamlet Has Done the Impossible!
A village in the Pune district has become completely mosquito free! Yes, you read that right. A joint effort by the Health Department of the Pune Municipal Corporation, and the residents of Sansar, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IAS Officers’ Brainwave Helps Pune Villagers Earn Lakhs from Their Toilets!
IAS officer Ayush Prasad, the Deputy Collector of Khed Taluka in Pune, had a persistent problem in the villages under his jurisdiction. Many villagers were not using the toilets built by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Bulbs to Grinders: How the Power of the Sun Transformed 12 Jharkhand...
With a toothless grin on her face, 75-year-old Mangari Devi excitedly shows the switches installed in her small mud house, saying, “Our village has become a town.” With electricity in her Benduakona...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How One Project is Helping 20 K’taka Villages Fight Malnutrition, Open...
This article has been sponsored by Wipro About six months ago, Kushalraj, a resident of Chattanahalli village in Karnataka was about 20% underweight. The 2-year-old weighed just 8.4 kg against an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Think Solar Means Just Bulbs, Heaters? This Village Has Hammers & Sewing...
As the sun moves westward, villagers across India take out candles and oil lamps from the shelves. There has been a power cut for a few hours, and no one knows when it will be restored. Life in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Even After 59 Years, This Gandhian’s Tireless Efforts Continue to Uplift...
This article has been sponsored by Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Unlike most staunch Gandhians, Surendra Koulagi believed that one could not be introduced to Gandhi or forced into his way of life; one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Man Quit His Marketing Job to Sell Snacks by Rural Women, Has Sold over 2...
In December 2017, when Vinay Kothari ventured out on a trek to the Malnad region of the Western Ghats, little did he know that a business idea would strike him there. Check out these yummy snacks by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This AP Neurologist Has Treated Over 3000 Patients in Remote Villages for Free!
“We reach, we teach, and we treat!” While Dr Bindu Menon, a Nellore-based neurologist, chooses to sum up her philanthropic efforts through this simple phrase, we beg to differ because they hardly do...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Inspiring Indian Villages That Are Smashing Stereotypes!
The word progressive is not something one associates with Indian villages which are infamous for being hotspots for gender discrimination, female foeticide, child marriages and rampant illiteracy, yet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
70-YO Trichy Man Helps Install 1 Lakh Water-Less Toilets, Provides Manure For...
Located about 42 km away from the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu lies the Musiri Panchayat town. Being situated on the banks of the Kaveri river, the abundance of water makes the land fertile...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Art With a Heart: Pune Trust Revives 65+ Indian Artforms, Employs 400+ Artisans
If there’s one thing every art lover will agree to, it’s the fact that while art often gets appreciated, the creator remains mostly forgotten. In India especially, traditional artforms are dying by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Newlywed Woman Finds No Toilet in Husband’s Village, Builds 250 Toilets in a...
Growing up in Dakshinpuri, Delhi, Komal Hadala had never imagined in her wildest dreams that a house without a toilet could exist. However, when fate brought her to Nithora, Uttar Pradesh after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Struggling After Floods, Kerala Village Found a Guardian...
This article has been sponsored by SBI Youth for India Fellowship Decades ago, the dense forests of Wayanad, Kerala were inhabited by the dominant Paniya tribe, and its members flourished as gatherers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
25,000 Trained To Fish ‘Inland’: How One Jharkhand Man Created a Food Revolution
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. According to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No More Walking For Medicine: Engineering Graduate Helps 35 Villages Access...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. When Jagdeep Gambir,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UP Man’s Device Turns Cow Dung Into ‘Wood’, Helps Farmers Earn Rs 8000/Month
“You don’t have to be an engineer or have some kind of a degree to create a machine that can potentially help thousands,” says 67-year-old Sukhdev Singh, a businessman based out of Mawana, Uttar...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With This Unique Idea, You Can Help Over 1000 Artisans & Send Rakhis to...
Founded in 2008, Rang De is a Bengaluru-based peer-to-peer micro-investment organisation, focussed on helping farmers, artisans, and small businesses by raising social investments. Due to the nature of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Odisha Man Spends Lakhs on Infrastructure to Transform Village During Lockdown
The COVID-19 lockdown has resulted in the partial or complete closure of many businesses, while others have adapted to working from home. This new shift has also prompted many people to move away from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meghalaya Man Earns Lakhs With Aloe Vera, Builds Roads & Toilets For his Village
“It is never the fortunate incidents that define a person’s life, but the unfortunate ones that bring about a change. So, every time my life took a wrong turn, it pushed me to work harder and make it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You Can Help Youth in Rural UP Prepare for Exams, Thanks to These 2 Law Students
“In rural areas such as Cheruia or Bansa of Uttar Pradesh, it is hard to find girls who are pursuing their education. Boys who are studying do not continue their education after 10th grade as they join...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Literacy, Healthcare & More: This Project Adopted 7 Villages & Impacted...
This article has been sponsored by Canon India. Just couple of benches, seats and some sparsely populated classrooms made up a Haryana village school. Low rate of enrollment and lack of proper...
View ArticleClik here to view.
22-YO Designs Table That Generates Electricity, Helps Students In Remote...
With an aim to solve the problem of lack of electricity in many Indian homes 22-year-old Ashutosh Vashishta has innovated a table that generates electricity. He is a final-year student of the National...
View ArticleClik here to view.
After Losing Leg In Accident, UP Man Helps Small Towns Get Access To Big...
In 2008, when Ayush Mishra was in his first year of college, he was riding pillion on a bike with his friend to their university in Jaipur. On the highway, a drunk truck driver rammed into the bike....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Students Build Solar Electric Tricycle, Take Smart Services & E-Com to 800...
In the remote village of Anumpalli in Andhra Pradesh, an electric tricycle that doubles as a smart kiosk is providing a range of services to residents of the area. These include applications for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Silent Revolution: The 25-Year-Long Journey of Rural Transformation Across...
This article has been sponsored by TVS Motor Company. A few years ago, a group of men living in a remote village in south India had discovered an alarming threat – the handbag. The handbag was not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Campaign Helped Hundreds of Students In Villages Study on Smartphones...
This article has been published in partnership with Nokia. For 7-year-old Siddharth Subba, “school is where home is”. It is a place where he indulgently dreams, plays football, learns poems, eats his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reviving Dehradun’s Glow: She Empowered 3,000 Rural Women To Become ‘LED...
(Featured image by Varsha Singh) In Uttarakhand’s Dhakrani village, 32-year-old Farzana says she has witnessed a gradual, but inspiring transformation of rural women in dire financial conditions, who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Despite High Risk, 29-YO Cycles Through The Sundarbans to Bring Oxygen to The...
As a silver lining amid the darkest clouds, COVID-19 has unveiled many extraordinary heroes. These champions of humanity have made a difference in society by helping those in need, even if it meant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Entrepreneur’s Solar Silk Machines Help 12000 Weavers Earn Upto 10 Times More
In 2011, Delhi-based Kunal Vaid visited Jharkhand for a work-related project. It was here that he first realised how tedious and painful the process of producing silk can be. “I had worked with my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
20 Inspiring Villages Giving Life to India’s Vision for a Self-Reliant Future
India continues to be one of the fastest developing countries in the world, despite the challenges faced in the past few years due to the pandemic. While urban development projects like the High-Speed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Couple Quits City-Life, Helps 10000 Rural Women Understand Sexual &...
A caravan of shepherds passes through a village. Suddenly, they pause, and a woman hops off her mule, while two others stand around her. They hold up two ends of a saree to shield her from the view of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Programme Helps Teachers Across 12 States Improve Learning Outcomes for...
This article is in partnership with the Central Square Foundation. “I love colouring, connecting the dots in my workbook, and learning to count using marbles. Mathematics is my favourite subject,”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘My Struggles Inspired Me’: SDM Opens Libraries in Remote Villages of His State
Picture this. It’s a pleasant morning in the quaint little village of Tusrar in Uttarakhand. The year is 2004, and a teenager is readying for a long school day ahead. His mother has packed a warm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brothers Create ‘Digital Address’ for Millions in Rural India to Access...
Unlike millions of Indians, Rahul Solanki does not need to explain his address to delivery executives multiple times whenever he receives parcels. For the past three months, the rural resident has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘I Have Seen Poverty in Its Cruel Form’: 56 YO Helps 4,000 People in Villages...
The man who is now changing the landscape of rural Karnataka with his organisation Vanasiri Rural Development Society (VRDS) was once a boy who struggled to get even one meal a day. Hailing from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Their Courage is My Capital’: Activist Gives 2 Lakh Rural Women Financial...
Chetna Gala Sinha (65), a farmer and activist with a long history of advocacy, established the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank in 1997. It was the first bank in India created specifically for rural...
View ArticleClik here to view.
3 Friends & a Health-Tech Startup Make Doctors Available in Rural India For...
Akanksh Tandon fondly recalls playing with his friends in Madiyado, a village located in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. However, one day, he tragically lost one of his dear friends, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mumbai’s ‘Museum on Wheels’ Takes History to Lakhs of Children’s Doorsteps in...
India’s past is a tapestry of profound cultural legacies. But for many rural children, a world of art and culture remains distant because of limited resources and inaccessible opportunities. As a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘I Fought Cancer as a 12-YO’: UP Man’s Digital Idea Connects Rural India to...
When one night, the pain became unbearable, Sandeep Kumar informed his parents about the swelling in his right hand. Distressed, his mother applied a paste of onion to his hand to relieve the pain....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Startup Helping Indians Reap the Benefits of AI — In Their Mother Tongues
In the small village of Raghurajpur in Odisha, vibrant colours and intricate artistry fill every corner. This charming place, also called ‘Raghurajpur Art Village’, is famous for its Patachitra...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Mini Brazil of India’ Was Once Infamous for Illegal Liquor: How One Man...
Almost a decade ago, Bicharpur — a village in the tribal-dominated Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh — was notorious for its rampant production of illicit liquor and narcotics. The primary source of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IAS Officer’s Cow-Dung Diya Idea Is Helping Women in Rural UP Earn Extra This...
The women in Uttar Pradesh’s remote village Banda, have been turning cow waste into diyas (lamps) to earn an income. How did they think of this? They give all the credit to IAS officer Durga Shakti...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Busting Myths, Maharashtra Couple Saves Over 6000 Snake Bite Victims
Last August, Pune’s Ramprakash Kharge woke up with a strange pain in his leg. When he looked at the site of pain, he found it swollen. The 64-year-old farmer wondered if he had slipped in the field to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Bayer Is Delivering Medical Care at the Doorsteps of Rural India
This article is sponsored by Bayer India’s rural healthcare system is strained due to a severe shortage of doctors and infrastructure. The Government’s Rural Health Statistics 2021-2022 report...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How an IAS Officer Used a School To Bring The World to a Far-Flung Tribal...
Nestled inside the Chennampatti forest range in the Erode district of Tamil Nadu, the Kathirimalai hamlet can be accessed only by traversing the rough terrain on foot. Even today, the hamlet has no...
View ArticleWhy We Left Our Mumbai Life & Moved to a Tiny Konkan Village
A large chunk of urban residents today aspire to leave the hustle and bustle of city life and move to the slow village life to chase their dreams. But how many of us dare to take the road less...
View Article5 Low-Cost Innovations That Can Transform Rural India
India has consistently stood as a hub of innovation, where brilliant minds across the country repeatedly showcase their ability to leverage scarce resources and construct remarkable creations. Whether...
View Article
