Real-World Farmville? This Social Enterprise Lets You Rent a Farm and Learn...
Indian Superheroes, a Coimbatore-based social enterprise that aids organic farmers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, is helping people master the art of farming.
View ArticleTransgender Girl Makes History as the First Registered Trans Student to Clear...
Tarika, who ran away from home at 16, was adopted by trans activist Grace Banu and re-enrolled back in school.
View ArticleTBI Blogs: How 5 Tamil Nadu Kids Made an Innovative Eco Roof for Their School...
Students at a government school in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu built an Eco Roof for their uncovered toilet using waste plastic bottles. The project was selected amongst the Top 20 stories at the...
View ArticleTBI Is Helping 20,000 Villagers in Tamil Nadu Fight Drought. Here’s How You...
The Better India, along with the Environmentalist Foundation of India, is fighting the severe drought in Tamil Nadu by restoring ponds in Nagapattinam, one of the worst-hit districts in the state.
View ArticleTBI Blogs: 3 Girls from a Chennai Shelter Home Built a Working Robot from...
Nivetha, a young schoolgirl with no exposure to posh education, has built a robot supported by volunteers and her friends.
View ArticleTBI Blogs: These Kids Built a Vehicle from Waste Materials to Reduce Their...
Eager to help the elderly lady who sweeps the school’s large playground, students at a government school in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu built a Sweeping Vehicle of coconut-leaves-on-wheels. The...
View ArticleFrom Organic Farming to Fresh Food, This Farm Near Chennai Treats Urban...
How often have you thought of leaving the concrete jungle and living in the lap of nature, leading a simple life and having healthy organic meals? That’s exactly what Arul Futnani hoped for when he...
View ArticleMeet the Chennai Cartoonist Whose Tamil Puns & Hilarious Jokes Are Making...
Lakshman Balaji was a toddler when he first started drawing. He says, “I must be two or three years old back then and what I mostly drew was scribbles.” Today, at 23, he is a cartoonist based out of...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: Farmers in Coastal Tamil Nadu Are Battling Drought Using Smart...
Farmers of Vedaranayam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu are surviving the current drought by growing diverse crops that suit their soil, despite the failure of the rains and not getting water...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: After Fishermen Deaths, 11-Year-Olds from TN Designed Zero-Cost...
Disturbed that fishermen die at sea every day because they cannot afford safety gear, these boys from a government school in Tamil Nadu designed a cost-efficient life jacket out of waste plastic...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: From Chola Bronzecraft to Kottan Crafts, Delve into Puducherry &...
The artisans in and around Puducherry and Tamil Nadu belong to some of the finest art and craft traditions of South India.
View ArticleDigging up a Dream: How TBI Readers Are Restoring Hope in a Drought-Stricken...
The first thing that struck me was the stark change in colour: from fresh, soothing greens to dry, harsh browns. Driving from Bengaluru to Nagapattinam on the Tamil Nadu coast to cover a story on the...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: How I Discovered Fearlessness and Positivity at Tamil Nadu’s...
AIF’s Clinton Fellow Avan Antia shares her admiration for the founders of Tamil Nadu’s Croc Bank, who pulled up their sleeves to make a difference, and inspired a whole generation.
View ArticleTBI Blogs: These TN Students Have Come up with 6 Creative Solutions to Fight...
Disturbed by deaths caused by teachers hitting students, these 11th-graders in Tamil Nadu designed creative solutions to introduce positive discipline in the classroom, in lieu of punishment. The...
View ArticleEvery Year, 6,000 People Come Together to Clean Chennai’s Beaches, Thanks to...
According to a report by the Irish Times, it is predicted that by the year 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. Seems scary and disturbing, right? But the future does not have to...
View ArticleThe Return of the Indian Shrimp. Chennai Scientists Are Trying to Revive the...
Scientists in Tamil Nadu are exploring ways to bring back shrimp farming in India, which is currently dominated by US imports, and address address the imbalance in farmers markets.
View ArticleRansomware Panic? These Ethical Hackers in Chennai Are Upping Cybersecurity...
Most of us have heard of the terms hacking, viruses and Trojan as we grew up and became more familiarized with the cyber world. Now, ransomware is the current dreaded term, with multinational...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: MGR, the Man Who Fed 66 Lakh Children With His Nutritious...
Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran, or MGR – AIADMK founder, three-time chief minister, Bharat Ratna recipient – dominated Tamil Nadu’s stratosphere for four decades. In this richly detailed biography of the...
View ArticleWaste-Free in Just 2 Years. This Tamil Nadu Town Is Showing the Country Just...
By installing a comprehensive waste segregation and management system with the help of NGO Hand in Hand, the Tamil Nadu town has managed to go waste-free in just two years.
View ArticleHow a 9-Year-Old TN Boy Discovered a Whole New Freshwater Jellyfish Species
Not even in his dreams would Ishaan Abraham Pichamuthu have thought that he would stumble upon an undiscovered species of freshwater jellyfish during a family trip to Kodaikanal. A class 4 student of...
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