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Buy Tickets in One State and Board Train in Another? Yes, Such Stations Exist!
Train journeys in India are not just about travelling and reaching the destination; they are different things to different people. For some, the journeys are a source of income, while for some, they...
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This Man Is Fighting Against the System to Give Beggars a Dignified Life
Sharad Patel, a farmer’s son from Mirzapur in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, was supposed to acquire a degree and settle for a well-paying job to support his family. However, he took a different...
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This Young Rajasthani Trainer Left His Job to Fight Against Chemicals in Farming
It was in 2012 when Pawan Tak visited a hospital in Ajmer and came across a girl who had tried to commit suicide by drinking a harmful pesticide. This incident changed his entire course of life! “The...
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5 Times Residents Did Not Wait for the Railways, but Built Their Own Station!
Indian Railways (IR), the lifeline of India, has the distinction of being the second largest railway system in Asia and the fourth largest railway system in the world. The total number of railway...
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Mumbai Is Going to Ban Plastic, Here’s the Perfect Replacement for the City’s...
As per the BMC, the city of Mumbai generates at least 8,000 metric tonnes of garbage every day. And an estimated four percent of that consists of plastics. Though plastic bags that are thinner than 50...
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Maharashtra Cracks Down on Chemicals, Farmers to Get ‘Prescriptions’ for...
At least 50 farmers have died because of suspected pesticide poisoning since August this year. A majority of deaths were reported from Yavatmal, a major cotton-growing district in Maharashtra, which...
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Chartered Accountant and IIM Graduate Is Now a Path-Breaking ‘Hindustani...
“I make random life choices… most of them are regrettable” says the Twitter bio of the latest sensation in the spoken word poetry world, Hussain Haidry. However, he is definitely not regretting his...
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How a Poet Who Had Never Had Alcohol Mesmerised Us About a Madhushala
“M adiralay jane ko ghar se chalta hai peene wala, (Seeking wine, the drinker leaves home for the tavern.) kis path se jau asmanjas me hai woh bholabhala, (Perplexed, he asks, “Which path should I...
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Software Engineer Quits Job to Bring Organic Jumbo Guavas to Our Homes
Neeraj Dhanda would have remained a software engineer all his life had he not visited the VNR nursery in Raipur, where he saw the ‘Jumbo’ guava for the first time. Neeraj was born in a farmer’s family...
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You Can Claim Rs. 100 per Day in Case of a Failed ATM Transaction
Technology has made our lives more comfortable, but at times it can fail, and we have to bear the consequences. Take the case of ATMs. Although they are one of the best inventions to have been made, a...
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Young Innovator: 19-Year-Old Farmer’s Son Invents Driver-Less Tractor!
Yogesh Nagar, a 19-year-old from Bamorikala village of Baran district of Rajasthan, is the talk of the town these days. Why is that you ask? Well… Yogesh has invented a driverless tractor! Yogesh’s...
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Yash Found His Way in Life by Giving You a Healthy Alternative to the Pizza!
For Jayashri Kulkarni, a former lecturer at Karad Government Engineering College, life came to a halt when her son Yash was diagnosed with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children with...
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This Farmer Grew 100 Tonnes of 20-Foot Tall Sugarcane in One Acre! Here’s How!
Appaso Kabade, a farmer from Karandwadi village in the Sangli district of Maharashtra, owned 30 acres of ancestral land. As a local sugar mill was giving a reasonable price for sugarcane, he started...
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Elections: How Are Your Votes Counted? Are They Secure? Here’s How It All Works!
Today is the big day for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. But do you know the people responsible for bringing the results to you? In fact, the entire process ensures the secrecy and security of the...
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5 Farmers Who Prove Smart Agriculture Can Make You Rich
Drought! Loans! Untimely rains! Low market prices! It often seems like farmers have endless suffering in their lives. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why none of us wants our kids to become a farmer....
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11 Must-Watch Movies That Definitely Broke the Mould in 2017
2017 has been a great year for Bollywood fans. We saw some breathtaking performances in movies like ‘Mom’, ‘Newton’ and ‘Trapped’. It was also a year where the audience appreciated documentaries like...
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This Engineer Learnt Farming on YouTube and Grew Strawberries in Rajasthan!
Growing up, Deepak Nayak would often visit his family’s ancestral land in Rajasthan which was being managed by farm labourers as no one had no time to work on it. “Those few days spent on our farm were...
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5 Cancer Patients, 5 Heartfelt Wishes & Your Chance to Fulfil Them! #Giftawish
As a child, Dr Swapnil Mane was so moved by a cancer patient’s death due to lack of money, that he decided to become a cancer specialist and not let cancer patients die just because they could not...
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Expert Speak: Five Things the Budget Gave Farmers, and What They Really Need
The debates about the union budget for 2018-19 are going on, especially the help it will give to the farmers and other marginalised sections of the country. To get an on-the-ground reality check and to...
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Midnight Munches & Garba Grooves: Why I Instantly Fell in Love With Ahmedabad!
I am a Bengali by birth, born and brought up in Maharashtra, married to a Himachali and I have stayed in around eight cities of India so far. Though Pune will always remain my first love among all of...
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