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An Episode Of Kaun Banega Crorepati Inspired This IT Engineer To Set Up an...
On September 11, 2011, Aparna Malikar, a farmer widow from Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, won Rs.6.40 lakh on the show Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. In the episode, Aparna spoke...
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This Journalist-Turned-Farmer Is Putting His Village on the Global Map!
A journalist, a writer, a well-known name on the internet! So what made this man leave the spotlight and become a farmer in a remote village? This story is about Girindranath Jha from Chanka village in...
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Why a Cancer Survivor’s Wife Designed a Low-Cost Prosthetic Bra and Gives It...
Breast cancer is currently the most common cancer detected among Indian women. It is also the leading cause of cancer deaths in women all over the world -- accounting for more than 1.6% of cancer...
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Alumni of This Government School Came Together to Transform It, and the...
As many as 2,57,680 schools lack toilets – that’s 18% of all schools in India -- according to the Unified District Information System data for Education. A total of 58,221 schools don't have access to...
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From Jalgaon To Harvard; The Incredible Story Of 3 Indian Farmers
Jalgaon in Maharashtra is often in the news for droughts and farmer suicides. But amidst this bleak picture, two farmers from here were invited to share their success stories at a seminar organized by...
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How Pearl Farming Helped This Farmer Grow Rich!
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” -Albert Einstein Sanjay Gandate from Maharashtra’s Pardi Kupi village was well aware of this. And that pushed him to try...
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Meet Body Miyan – A Mysuru Man Who Has given Thousands of Unidentified Bodies...
Ayub Ahmed from Mysuru, Karnataka was hardly 10 or 11 years old when he stopped going to school. Instead he would spend his day sitting with beggars outside a mosque near his house. His father and...
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Why This IIT Kharagpur Alumnus Quit His Lucrative Job to Help Farmers
An IIT, Kharagpur post graduate and former dean of Centurion University, Odisha, Vishal Singh left his job in 2016 to work fulltime for society through his NGO - Kaivalya Vichar Seva Samiti. Vishal,...
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Software Engineer On Weekdays, Farmer On Weekends: How TBI Stories Inspired a...
An IT engineer at Cognizant Technologies, Bengaluru, Mahesh works for his company from Monday to Friday and works for his village over the weekend. Every Friday night, this software engineer travels...
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A Tribe That Had Been Listed by the British as ‘Criminal’ Now Needs Your Help...
India is considered one of the fastest developing countries in the world. We are proud of the developments we have made since independence, but there are ill-effects, some from the British rule,that...
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Breaking Glass Ceilings in Himachal, This Woman’s a Transporter, Oil Dealer...
Women are defying odds and becoming successful in every field today. If we talk about 2017, women in unconventional careers won’t surprise you. But what if we told you that Himachal Pradesh’s first...
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The Biggest Success Story Is Yours. How TBI Readers Helped Change Thousands...
Two years ago, The Better India shared a story that was read, loved and shared by you. The story was about a man who sold bread for a living, gathered coal from the streets so his mother could cook a...
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Why an IIT Bombay Grad Is Working with Independent Musicians in Rural India...
What is the future of an independent musician in India, especially if he/she belongs to a small village? Why is the image of indie music restricted to a festival or a pub in a city with a certain age...
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The Complete Guide to Becoming an ‘Urban Dairy Farmer’ Without Quitting Your Job
Few days ago, my friend who works in Cognizant called me. She was worried about the fact that her company was laying off almost 6,000 employees at once. Though she was far from figuring in this scary...
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This Farmer Started Teaching 3 Students in His Living Room. His School Now...
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” We’ve all heard this quote by Mahatma Gandhi and wish we could be that change. A farmer from Khardia village of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh,...
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This Techie-Turned-Farmer Has Many Useful Tips for You to Take up Natural...
“I was heading a team of 10 people in Infosys. After you reach a certain position in IT, there is not much to learn. There are no challenges. You commute for 3-4 hours everyday. You work mechanically...
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From Jacqueline Fernandez to William Dalrymple. An Engineer’s Teaching Hindi...
A B.tech (electronics and communication) student from Delhi, Pallavi Singh realised while studying that engineering is not what she wanted to pursue. Back in 2009, she had no clue what she was going to...
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As an Engineer He Earned Rs 24 Lakh. As a Farmer He Earns Rs 2 Crore!
Vasant Rao Kale from Medhpar village of Bilaspur district, Chattisgarh, was a government employee all his life. When he retired from his job, he wanted to pursue his long-loved passion, which was...
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“Everyone Can’t Become an Einstein, Everyone Can’t Earn in Lakhs”– Piyush...
“Aao yaar bas ek baar... zinda ho baat kar le Khaak ho gaye hai mazaak... fir bhi mazaak kar le..” A writer, poet, lyricist, singer, composer, music director, actor and script writer, Piyush Mishra...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Natural Farming From an NRI Couple Who Returned to...
“Because of the IT boom, a lot of people from farming communities have migrated to cities and to foreign countries. We are relying heavily on produce imported from foreign countries. I think it’s time...
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