TBI Social Reader
The story of the jackals of Kala Dungar is a unique story of man-animal coexistence because in the arid and unforgiving landscape of Kachchh, here’s a case of jackals (who are known to be carnivorous) who have been taught to survive on vegetarian food by a community of people over many, many generations! This practice…
The Kosi river in Uttarakhand is the lifeline for the areas it flows through. However, now the demands on its water are increasing. Supply of water to army cantonments and to cities has severely depleted its flows. The forests and villages that it nourished are now starved of water by urban thirst. But this story…
Animesh Anand takes us on a mystical journey through the “city of faith” with its generous sprinkling of temples, forts, dargahs, places of historical significance and natural beauty – an incredible combination of faith and splendour hard to beat! As the train pulled in at the station, it had become dark. Half an hour prior,…
“Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come” – This is precisely the thought which has taken…
In the midst of the mundane city buildings that tower sinfully over the unnoticed slums and rural remains of an…
Are you busy fighting for your rights to freedom of speech, free expression or religious practices? Do you try protecting…
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The Better India has chosen April as the Travel Month. As the summer holidays approach, parents and children all over India start making plans to visit some place they have never been to before. In our posts, you will learn of places very few know…
Mahatma Gandhi once said “India’s way is not Europe’s, and India lives in seven hundred…
Mumbai is one of the top ten most polluted cities in the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). With the rise of the middle class, more and more people are buying cars, scooters and motor bikes, and despite government efforts to limit motor…
The forest cover in our country has been dwindling due to a variety of reasons…
Ishika Mondal, 34, works for two hours every day in waist deep water, trying to keep the fragile ‘Gracilaria’ or ‘Seola’ (seaweed) seeds alive at the small experimental seed bank in her village of Harekrishnapur in Sunderbans, West Bengal. “This is our hope for the…
You enter the place and you see pretty looking colorful beaded jewelry, bamboo articles, quilts,…
Sparrow. The ubiquitous bird of India. The name brings back memories of grandmother’s stories and folk tales we heard long, long ago. But when was the last time you saw that little bird hopping on your window sill? When was the last time you heard…
Project Akshar was started in 2011 when the students at SIFE SSCBS saw bundles of…
Mahatma Gandhi once said “India’s way is not Europe’s, and India lives in seven hundred thousand villages.” To know India one has to know it’s villages, the way of life there – the culture, the traditions and the festivals. The kind of diversity that exists…
Taru was young, well educated and very polite. A Bihari from a higher caste, she…
Masti Ki Paathshaala – Voluntary Teaching on Mumbai’s Carter Road
TBI Innovations: ZIMBA – A Simple Machine To Quench The Thirst For Clean Water
TBI Travel: Ovalekar Wadi – From Paddy Field To Butterfly Park
Brick By Brick, Grain By Grain, Gyarsi Bai And Team Stock Up Against Starvation
TBI Travel: Flowing With The Jia-Bharali
Project Chirag – Lighting The Path To Progress
TBI Travel: Orchha – A Little Known Jewel in The Heart Of India
Priyadarshini Taxi Service: An all-women fleet of cabbies on Mumbai’s roads
The Bird Man of Kheechan
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