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TN Poachers Turn Conservators, Increase Slender Loris Population by 5 Times
This article is a part of The Better India’s series to highlight the work of those who have dedicated their lives to saving some of the most endangered species of plants and animals in India. This...
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From Tiny Pushcart To 200 Outlets: The Story Of Madurai’s Iconic Jigarthanda...
During a casual conversation with my colleagues, I made the blasphemous confession that I didn’t know what ‘Jigarthanda’ is. This invited stern looks, and passionate explanations about the milk-based...
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TN Couple Share How to ‘Do-Nothing’ on a Farm, While Still Earning Rs...
It was a March afternoon when a young couple in a village of Tamil Nadu was busy caressing plants at its farm. The word which comes to mind after seeing their farm is ‘jungle’. When we met the couple,...
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Chennai Community Grow 25 Miyawaki Forests Across Tamil Nadu, Raise 65,000 Trees
Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki envisaged the concept of Miyawaki forests in the 1980s. The technique involves growing a dense forest in a small area with shrubs, trees and canopies. The densely...
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Even Big Companies Invite This Chennai Autodriver To Teach Them Customer Service
Chennai-based Annudarai may not have finished Class 12, but his extensive knowledge can leave you stumped. He can talk to you about anything — startups, innovations, viral marketing gimmicks, the...
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How Scientists & IITians are Preventing an Island from Drowning off the TN Coast
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading international body assessing climate change, predicts that sea levels would increase by 1.35 metres by 2100, drowning small islands in...
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Mumbai Woman Moves to Kodaikanal, Grows Peru’s Rare Tree Tomatoes In Her...
We know that tomatoes grow on shrubs and sometimes creepers. But did you know that they grow on trees as well? Known as Tamarillo or the Naga Tree Tomato in India, this variety resembles a tomato...
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Monitor Blood Sugar Through Sweat, Using PhD Scholar’s Biodegradeable Skin Patch
In India, 77 million people suffer from diabetes, which is the second-highest in the world. It is recommended that such patients wake up and test their blood sugar levels using a glucometer every day....
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Unable To Walk Herself, Woman Grows Organic Rice & Fruits For 30 Special Kids
wheelchair user D Indra was barely four when she was admitted to a shelter home for children with mental and physical disabilities. She was allowed to visit her parents and elder sister only during the...
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TN Fisherwomen Fight Patriarchy, Set up Beach Restaurant to Earn Rs 50,000/Month
In 2016, Stella Gracy was among the many women in Tamil Nadu’s Poompuhar village who earned a living by selling dry fish. Her income varied between Rs 150 and Rs 250 a day. Her husband, a fisherman,...
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After 14 Years, Indian Woman Leaves Canada To Become Natural Farmer in Tamil...
After living in Canada for 14 years, S Jayalakshmi returned to Chennai in 1992. However, she found herself in a conundrum — it was hard to find chemical-free vegetables for her daughter in the market,...
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India Needs More People Like This 24-YO TN Girl. Here’s Why
Manisha Krishnasamy was born to a lower-middle-class family in Erode city of Tamil Nadu, where her father was a butcher, and her mother took care of their home. Since childhood, she could never turn a...
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Widowed At 20 & Forced Out Of In-Laws’ Home, HIV+ Woman Transforms 30000 Lives
“Remove your uterus if you don’t want to die from HIV,” was the doctor’s response when a frightened 20-something woman came in, asking for a treatment course. Her husband had just died by suicide from...
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Mom’s Legacy Inspires Brothers to Smash Age-Old Stereotypes With Kolam
Over the years, many cultural practices have been passed down to women as a part of their moral responsibilities to society. One of them is practising the art form of drawing kolams, which are patterns...
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Using Rs 80000 of Her Savings, Woman Brings Education to Disabled Tamil Nadu...
Suganya Kandasamy, from Triplicane in Tamil Nadu, was only a child when her father discouraged her from pursuing higher education. “My father was a fisherman and had no financial means to fund my...
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5 Farmers Band To Revive Dying Water Body, Now Irrigate 50 Acres Of Farmland
On the receiving end of the climate crisis and urban infrastructural issues, five Madurai farmers approached DHAN (Development of Humane Action) Foundation as their last resort in 2016. M Seedhuramu,...
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Forgotten ‘Queen of Tamil Theatre’ Took The Art Of The Devadasis To The World
In his book Drama Queens: Women Who Created History on Stage (2017), author Veejay Sai encapsulates the allure of a woman who was once deemed the ‘Queen of Tamil Theatre’. He says her legacy was such...
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Real Life ‘Jai Bhim’ Disposed 96,000 Cases in High Court, Fought for the...
Jai Bhim, the hard-hitting Tamil film on Amazon Prime starring Suriya Sivakumar, has caught the imagination of cinegoers from around the country for its stark depiction of the justice system and how...
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Farmer Gives Up 50-Acre Land To Protect ‘Deer’ Friends, Increases Population...
In Tamil Nadu’s Pudupalayam village, a 50-acre farm has something unique to offer — if you visit, you might be greeted by a flock of deer, alongside the usual goats and cows. For the past 20 years, the...
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Watch: Super Cop’s Heroic Rescue Of Unconscious Man Amid Chennai Floods Goes...
Inspector E Rajeshwari from TP Chatram area in Chennai is now a star in not only the Tamil Nadu Police Department, but also on social media. She has been an active participant in the rescue operations...
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