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Award-Winning TN Farmer Helps Hundreds Go Organic, Earns Huge Profits!
Organic farming is often perceived as a fairly novel concept, gaining prominence only in the past few years with the widespread rise in awareness among Indian farmers. But SR Sundararaman, a farmer...
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70-YO Madurai Man Grows 20+ Fruits & Vegetables On His ‘Floating’ Terrace Farm!
“Few things are as satisfying as plucking fresh fruit or vegetables from your own garden to prepare a meal,” observes Madurai-based DD Rajeshvaran who started his urban farming journey in 2016, and was...
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20-YO With Asperger’s Syndrome Creates Stunning Paintings You Have to See!
For Betsy Jenifer hailing from Vellore, Tamil Nadu, communicating and socialising with others had always been a struggle. Up until four years ago, the 20-year-old did not know that she had Asperger’s...
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TN Man Makes Low-Cost Ice Cream that’s 100% Vegan, Local & Natural
Have you ever wondered what the world would be without ice creams? Served in a cup or cone, ice cream is one thing that can bring instant happiness to most of us. We can enjoy them with our families...
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Erode Couple Shelters 80 Homeless People, Helps Over 50 of Them Set up a...
When Naim Tabriz Khan embarked on a journey to Erode on 24 March, little did he know that in the next two months, he would end up helping hundreds of people. In February 2020, the Chennai-based techie...
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Unique ‘Solar Bowl’ Keeps Kitchen Cool Despite Using Steam to Cook 1,000...
Kitchen staff at the Auroville Solar Kitchen in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, an eatery, begin their operations as early as 6 a.m. The secret behind their simple yet popular vegetarian meals lies in a...
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At This Eco-Friendly Madurai Kiosk, You Can Drink Tea & Then Eat the Cup
You’ve read about edible cutlery, and the Bengaluru café which serves juice in fruit shells on The Better India. Well, here’s another outlet that has happily adopted the zero-waste and eco-friendly...
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Meet the Viral Grandma-Grandson Duo Spreading Absolute Joy Amid the Pandemic
“Family is everything to me,” says 22-year-old Akshay Partha Sarathy who became an overnight internet sensation after putting up a video with his grandmother, Chellam. “Everyday, after dinner, my...
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The 65-yo Postman Who Trekked 15 Km Of Forests Daily But Never Failed To Do...
65-year-old D Sivan, calls himself an ordinary man living a simple life. Until about a month ago, the Coonoor resident and former postmaster would follow a routine that remained unchanged for 35 years....
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TN Village Turned Off Street Lights For Over a Month To Protect a Bird’s Home
A village named Potthakudi in Tamilnadu’s Sivaganga district has kept its street lights off for the last 40 days to help an Oriental magpie-robin lay her eggs and nest in peace. This came about when...
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Brave 19YO Girl Helps Rescue 6000 Labourers Stuck in Tamil Nadu Brick Kilns
A ruthless brick kiln owner, over 6,000 vulnerable labourers and one gusty teenage girl to the rescue — what sounds like a Bollywood movie has in fact turned out to be a reality. A tribal teenage girl...
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I Grew 90% of my Veggies on my Roof During Lockdown. Here’s How
Every time she walks on to her terrace, Muthu Nagappan, a homemaker from Tiruchi, takes a deep breath and is transported to her childhood. It is the scent of wet mud and greenery that she experienced...
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Can You Start A Business During A Pandemic? Coimbatore Transgenders Find a Way
In July, The Better India spoke to Sangeetha, a 60-year-old Coimbatore-based transwoman, who has been successfully running The Sangeetha Catering Service, one of the most popular catering services in...
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Padma Shree Artist’s Terracotta Marvels Have Global Fans, Command Prices in...
The entrance to artist V K Munusamy’s house in Villianur, about seven kilometres from Puducherry city, looks like a scene straight out of an art film. And rightly so. After all, the Padma Shree awardee...
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Tamil Nadu Man Quits Corporate Job, Helps 3000 Farmers Double Their Yield...
Farming is a science that involves elements of chemistry, geography, weather and timing. Reaping the best yield out of farms requires a perfect blend of these elements with high precision and timing....
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Led By IAS Officer, Citizens are Restoring 8 Dying Lakes & Ponds in Tamil Nadu
Once known for their religious significance and beauty, ponds and lakes in the ancient town of Chidambaram in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu have been now reduced to polluted bodies. From mounting...
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This Tamil Nadu Shop Has Been Packing Sweets In Bamboo Baskets For a 100 Years
Located amongst the bustling shops of Bazaar Street in Trichy, Tamilnadu, is a 105-year-old sweet shop named – Yaanai Mark Nei Mittai Kadai. In Tamil, the word Yaanai means elephant, so the name of the...
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Kodaikanal Women Turn Icons Like Kalpana Chawla, Savitribai Phule Into Rag Dolls
“Born out of necessity and the pandemic,” is how Smriti Lamech (41), a former journalist, describes her new ‘business’ of making rag dolls of feminist icons, from her home in the hills of Kodaikanal....
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How India’s First & Only Radio Channel For Fishermen Is Changing Lives Every Day
Yedimar, a fisherman living on Tamil Nadu’s Pambam island located between peninsular India and Sri Lanka, was alarmed one recent summer day to find that his favourite radio show had gone “missing.”...
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105-YO Grandma Runs Her Own Organic Farm, Shows That Age Is No Barrier!
It’s not every day that you get to speak to a grandma who is 105 years old. So I suppose it was natural of me to make some assumptions about her routine and quality of life. Which is why when I first...
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