To Aid Ailing Wife, 58-YO Trichy Mechanic Builds Eco-Friendly AC for Just Rs...
A narrow street on Lalgudi road in Tiruchirapalli (Trichy) in Tamil Nadu will lead you to a small bike garage. There’s nothing uncommon about the shop at first glance, but ask its loyal patrons, and...
View Article63-YO TN Farmer Brings Back Rare Mangoes That Were On The Verge of Extinction!
For most of us, the smell of summer is synonymous to the mighty king of fruits, mango. As soon as the sweet-sour fragrance floods the markets, students know that vacations are around the corner....
View ArticleHow Tamil Nadu Has Become a Role Model in Reducing Road Accident Deaths
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court-appointed three-member road safety committee led by Justice (retd) KS Radhakrishnan praised Tamil Nadu’s efforts in reducing fatalities in road accidents, and the...
View ArticleThis Man’s Eco-Friendly Seaweed Farms Are Boosting Incomes of 600 TN Fisherfolk!
When seaweed farming was unheard of in India, Abhiram Sethi was driving a project for PepsiCo. He was working as a Director in-charge of exports in agriculture. It would not only prove that seaweed...
View ArticleOne Man’s Efforts Ensured That This TN Village Doesn’t Rely on Borewells...
Back in 2016, Karthikeya Sivasenapathy, an organic farmer residing in Kuttapalayam village in Kangayam Block, Tiruppur district, was very concerned about the severe water deficit in the region....
View ArticleThis Sustainable Travel Package Let’s You Spend Time With Tribes High Up in...
Have you ever heard of a tribe in which the women get married only when they are about six months pregnant? Will you be surprised to know that this tribe, named Toda, is known to follow polyandry and...
View ArticleTN Man’s Car Parking Space Doubles Up As a Rainwater Harvesting System....
Kandasamy Subramani, a doctor who heads the intensive care unit at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, pays no electricity bills! Yes, you read that right. And it is all because of the five kW...
View ArticleTN Auto Driver Once Wanted to End His Life. Today, He Feeds Thousands of...
If things went as I had planned, I would have been dead today,” begins 45-year-old B Murugan. In 1992, he had just written and failed his class 10 examinations, and had decided to take his life....
View ArticleQuitting Cushy Career, Krav Maga Expert Has Helped 30K Women Pack a Punch!
How many times have you felt vulnerable while walking down the street, not just at night but also in broad daylight? This has happened to me so many times that I have lost count. Sometimes, I wish I...
View ArticleMeet the TN Welder Who Cleans Toilets to Educate Orphans & Needy Kids!
Charity can mean different things to different people, but for Loganathan, it has only one meaning—an opportunity to serve others. Born in a family of daily-wage labourers, he could not study beyond...
View ArticleEngineering Dropout to Organic Farmer Growing 300+ Native Veggies: TN Man’s...
In the village of Kuttiyagoundanpudur, close to the arid region of Oddanchatram in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district, lies Aadhiyagai Parameswaran’s six-acre farm. Want to grow your own food? Here are...
View ArticleTN Woman Helps Schools, Anganwadis Build Edible Gardens For Students!
What does a typical day within a school campus look like? Children running around or painting and perhaps even sitting in silence, immersed in reading? Want to begin gardening in your own backyard?...
View ArticleThis Unsung Scientist Laid The Foundation Of India’s National Physics Laboratory
“What is remarkable about Krishnan is not that he is a great scientist but something much more. He is a perfect citizen, a whole man with an integrated personality.” Independent India’s first Prime...
View ArticleTN IAS Officer Launches One-of-a-Kind Café, Provides Jobs To The...
P Jesuraja is usually the first one to arrive at his workplace, ‘Café Able,’ in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. Ten years ago, the he 38-year-old’s life came to a standstill after he lost his...
View ArticleShoes, Tyres & Toilet Seats in This Tamil Nadu Dumpyard Now House a Mini Forest!
One man’s trash is another man’s art – how true is that! And coupling this pearl of wisdom with their concerted effort, the Naravarikuppam Town Panchayat in Tamil Nadu has managed to convert a dumpyard...
View ArticleGrab These Handmade Ooty Chocolates and You Can Do Good with Every Delicious...
Indians are sincere lovers of chocolate. We consume so much chocolate that our markets are estimated to emerge as one the largest for it in the world by 2024. From mainstream bars, cakes and shakes to...
View ArticleEco-Friendly Recycling Method Helps IITian Increase Shrimp Production by 400%!
When IIT-Madras alumnus, Suryakumar Boriah moved back to India in the late eighties after working in the United States in the field of engineering, he wanted to work for a cause that he felt passionate...
View ArticleGrown Over 35 Years, Chennai Man’s Home Forest Has 350+ of India’s Rarest...
In the summer of 2019, Chennai was battling a severe water crisis. Dried out taps and faucets let out a helpless whirring whenever opened. Armed with bottles, buckets and tumblers, people stood in...
View ArticlePure Cotton, No Dyes, No Rashes: These Amazing Underwear Are a Must-Have for...
Itches, rashes and a burning sensation down there are the worst. You regret that synthetic underwear at such times. As if the fabric itself wasn’t bad enough for your skin, the artificial dyes add to...
View ArticleBattery Life of 80,000 Km: TN Startup’s Electric Moped Has a Range of 180 Km!
Meet 23-year-old Guhan RP, the co-founder of Coimbatore-based Gugu Energy, an electric vehicle technology startup along the lines of Tesla Energy. This reusable N95 mask by Pure Me can filter the PM2.5...
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