1+ day, 56+ min ago   (340+ words) Every September, Ziro Valley in Arunachal Pradesh turns from quiet paddy fields into a four-day festival ground, drawing thousands into India's remote northeast for a music experience found nowhere else in the country. The festival began in 2012 when musicians Bobby…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1728+ words) When Anjani left the Air Force to become a full-time mother, she assumed the hardest part was behind her. Instead came clinical depression and nights of barely two hours' sleep. Now a life coach, she has a message for every…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1093+ words) A corporate job, repeated setbacks, and a fractured spine couldn't stop her from becoming a Lieutenant in the Indian Army. From a corporate job to the Indian Army, Lt Shivani Jha refused to let repeated setbacks define her journey. In…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (412+ words) Meet Parag Agrawal, a Bengaluru-based technology and business professional who has spent years building companies, investing in ideas and watching money move through the business world. But at home, with his wife Meghna and daughter Asavari, his approach to money…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (241+ words) In Srinagar, old cars, scooters, bottles, and other discarded items have been brought together in a new flower garden that gives waste a very different look. The Waste to Wonder Flower Garden was opened at Polo View in Srinagar on…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (216+ words) What if one forest tree could give you flowers to eat, rotis to make, laddoos to savour and oil to cook with? Across central, eastern and western India, communities have long found many uses for Mahua — from its flowers and…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (227+ words) They say no one can ever take a mother’s place. But Kuldeep Bhardwaj is doing everything he can to be both papa and mamma for his two-and-a-half-year-old son, Sattvik. ❤️ After losing his wife, Kuldeep took on the responsibility of raising…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (182+ words) Trigger Warning: Mention of self-harm and suicide. Behind every proud trans woman is a child who once wanted to be loved, accepted and cared for. For Pranavi Boxer Grover, survival itself became a form of representation—and a reason to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (653+ words) A bamboo flute that echoes the sounds of nature and a three-stringed instrument carved from wood are now GI-tagged. Here is how the Tungbuk and Pumtong Pulit reveal the deep connection between Lepcha music, Sikkim’s forests and traditional ecological knowledge....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (315+ words) While his friends travelled abroad, Aman Sharma’s holidays took him to bird sanctuaries and national parks. His parents helped him grow close to India’s natural heritage. At 13, he began watching birds from his Delhi balcony. Early mornings became his calm…...