About Us

On a day to day basis we have been reading the Indian newspapers and magazines. Almost all of them devote their prime space to negative stories. Stories of murder, arson, scandals and gossip. However, we found that hidden inside, in the deep annals of these publications are the happier stories. Stories, to use a cliched phrase, that kindle your heart and tell you that all is not lost.

The Better India is an attempt to bring out those happy stories, those unsung heroes and heroines, those small good deeds, and showcase them to the world. Over here, you will be able to read about the incremental progress being made by the industrious people of this country, the developments happening on the social and economic front. We hope that by showcasing these here, we might be able to inspire at least one amongst you, the readers, to do something that leaves an impact. Small or big. But, an impact.

The spirit of The Better India is kept alive by Anuradha Parekh and Dhimant Parekh, a Bangalore based couple.

43 comments so far

  1. Hilmi Quraishi
    #1

    Congrats, It’s a great attempt. I wish you guys a huge success. You are doing a great job.
    One comment: You should try to promote this website…how? we need to think about..

  2. sam devadurai
    #2

    any franchice oppurnites in tamilnadu

  3. Vishwanath
    #3

    I have goosebumps all over for this initiative. Inspiring and awesome. But as Quraishi already pointed out, we have to promote this website and I shall do everything best in this direction. Can I join you guys. It looks absolutely interesting to me and im charged. I know public forum aint the right place. But if you could revert to my personal e-mail, nothing like it.
    Whether I join or not, its a wonderful thought and action. Kudos gentlemen!!!!

  4. Amit S
    #4

    This is definitely a good idea. One way to get more people to come to your site would be to get bloggers to say good things about it.

  5. vJ
    #5

    All the Best for your venture. Rgds, vJ (ISB’05)

  6. Animesh
    #6

    This is a great Initiative. Best of luck!

    Do you have a facebook group?

  7. sudha
    #7

    Superb!!! We need more such websites than our news channels.

  8. varun
    #8

    Gr8 attempt!should find a way to promote to reach to more users.

  9. Mitul
    #9

    Came to know of you from twitter. Best wishes your venture. Hope media learn some lessons from your effort.

  10. 1conoclast
    #10

    I’ve been crying myself hoarse ever since I read that newpapers in Lebanon have relegated the bad news to the back pages & focus on the good news, that we too shold do the same. Unfortunately most of our media has sold it’s soul long back. The human propensity to focus on the negative too needs surmounting!

    I can’t even begin to say how much good you guys are doing!

    Thank You & May your tribe increase!

    Anything I can do to take this initiative ahead?

  11. Brij
    #11

    Very good concept. Keep up the good work.

    Don’t hesitate to ask for help from your readers.

    Brij

  12. Reetu
    #12

    I’ve been wondering why something like this doesn’t exist in India and here you are all the while! Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help you! (apart from telling everyone I know, of course!)

  13. Kedar
    #13

    I just love the concept of bringing out the happy stories of India to world. Now a days media is more concern about showcasing the bad things happen in India.

    Lets make this site popular!

    Thanks Anuradha and Dhimant!

  14. Dhimant Parekh
    #14

    Kedar>> Thank you for your appreciation :-)

  15. Dhimant Parekh
    #15

    Everyone who has commented here>> Thank you very much. This wouldn’t have been possible without readers like you who are interested to know about the great things happening in our country. We are humbled by the responses that you all have sent in.

  16. V Gautam
    #16

    You are doing the right thing! All my BEST WISHES for this flame to continue burning and giving light and hope to many.

  17. Prabodh Jain
    #17

    This is a great concept – kudos to you people for having conceived and executed it so well.

  18. HItesh
    #18

    Greetings!
    I want to know your office address.
    Thanks

  19. sujatha rani b c
    #19

    we need details

  20. Suman
    #20

    This is a great site. A lot of interesting topics to read and learn.
    I would love to read and write on the site.

  21. Nihit
    #21

    Interesting site. We do something similar at areweMAD(http://arewemad.net). Hope to read more good news in the future…

  22. Kamlesh Pant
    #22

    Hey Dhimant and Anuradha,

    Great Work!! Keep it going!!

    Cheers!

  23. saikumar
    #23

    Dear Dhimant & Anuradha,

    I have joined your The better india forum just today. i regret not knowing you earlier. Your work is very impressive and i am proud to see your work in promoting the better news regarding our country INDIA. Jai hind and best of luck. You have my full support. Keep it up.

  24. Varadharajan
    #24

    This gives hope and faith for those frustrated in day to day life seeing all negatives. It is an applaudable work that you are fostering postive qualites whereas almost all medias are fostering negatives in the mind of people.

    Congrats from my heart!

  25. Praphul O.
    #25

    I am so happy to see this website….Congrats…All the best

  26. Rebecca Russell
    #26

    I like that you are writing postive things about India….we need more of these types of sites.
    Thanks

  27. Raji
    #27

    Great job guys..I was touched when I read about my own school in “Remembering our teachers” article..

  28. Seema
    #28

    All of this is very inspiring. I never thought that there are some people who would support people who are busy doing seva. well done!!
    Is there any possibility to get any advise from any of these successful people? I wish to start some educational project for rural maharashtra in Konkan.

  29. Varun
    #29

    great initiative…all the best

  30. Yeh Hai Life
    #30

    Really great blog. Keep up the great work.

    -Yeh Hai Life

  31. Neeraj
    #31

    Great blog! There’s too much negativity (bad news) on television and newspapers. The news stories on your blog are a welcome change for all.

  32. JasOt
    #32

    Hi there- I loved finding this site. I hope you are able to promote this site more. How often do you change the stories? I would highly recommend a group on facebook to attract a wide age group of supports (primarily younger crowd). I myself have already told a few ppl and just came across this site a few days ago. Any link for archived stories? Best of luck!!

  33. Sanjeev
    #33

    Amazing and inspirational. You should invest in a little bit of publicity.

  34. Anel C Sarasan
    #34

    Great idea, I will promote this site.

  35. Dr.Balachandra H Keni
    #35

    Infact, I had stopped reading news paper only because of horrific news, sad stories and ugly events…. Great work Dhimant and Anuradha.. Congratulations for your accomplishments. May God you guys with all the strength and spirit of positivity to sustain this for ever.

  36. aritra
    #36

    Extremely happy and proud that there exists such a site. We really need it.

    Thanks a lot and good luck.

    ::Peace::

  37. meena
    #37

    Hi, have been meaning to tell you from a long time, that your site is Fantastic, and is an encouragement for the voluntary sector to keep doing good work, someone will notice sometime.

  38. dinesh
    #38

    the highest level of help to any person is the emotional one rather than the financial or physical.
    The venture will strengthen the bonds between the rural and urban people and spread positive vibes across.

  39. Indranil Roy
    #39

    Commendable initiative … I am the project coordinator of a student voluntary organization which funds projects for sustainable alternative employment generation … It will be great if you could drop me an e-mail. (Can you view my email id which I left in the email field while posting this reply?)

  40. K Prasad Rao
    #40

    Hey .. great initiative … we need such things to keep us optimistic and work towards better future … thanks for filling the gap ..

  41. Nandish
    #41

    hey wonderful idea.. i think you should start thinking on an all india level.. blv me it might turn out to be huge success.. if u can read out stories of dainik jagran.. i firmly believe it’ll be a huge success!! all the very best!

  42. AparnA
    #42

    I really appreciate the effort.. :)

    Whats the story of better India?

  43. Raghav Garg
    #43

    I found a similar website like yours. Hope you like it:

    http://www.positivepress.in

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