Aparna Menon, Author at The Better India

Meet the Braveheart Whose Job Involves Pulling Nails Out of Elephant Feet

17 Oct 2017 4 Min Read

Furniture From Recycled Tyres! The Innovative Hyderabad Couple Behind This and More

12 Oct 2017 4 Min Read

Meet Suresh Kumar Who is Keeping The Legacy of Kerala’s Nettur Petti Alive

25 Sep 2017 5 Min Read

How a Pen Saved the Life of This 1965 War Veteran

16 Sep 2017 8 Min Read

With Puris and Hay: How One Family Rescued & Raised Rudy, The Barking Deer

12 Sep 2017 6 Min Read

Just Sand, Water & Some Brilliant Art – Behind the Scenes With Puri’s Fascinating Sand Artists

03 Jul 2017 5 Min Read

Kids From 40 Slums in Odisha Are Giving out Report Cards to Track Sanitation

27 Jun 2017 4 Min Read

From a Water Tank to a Bus Shelter – This Couple Is Using Pet Bottles for Construction

11 Jun 2017 6 Min Read

What Happens When Trees Fall Sick? In Delhi, an Ambulance Comes to Their Rescue

19 May 2017 6 Min Read

Himachal Pradesh

The Bamboo Museum in Palampur Opens Our Eyes to the Amazing Potential of This Wonder Grass

04 May 2017 5 Min Read

Bahaar-e-Kashmir: Check out Asia’s largest Tulip Garden in Srinagar

26 Apr 2017 4 Min Read

This Auto Driver’s Efforts Have Led to People Planting 23,000 Trees Around His Kerala Village

12 Apr 2017 6 Min Read

This One-Of-A-Kind Park in Delhi Was Made Using 25 Tonnes of Scrap and 5,600 Cubic Metres of Muck

24 Mar 2017 4 Min Read

Why Cut Down Trees When They Can Be Translocated? Meet the Man Who Has Moved 5000 Trees This Way!

20 Feb 2017 5 Min Read

Pune Residents Can Have Garbage Collected From Their Doorsteps, And Get Compost in Return

14 Nov 2016 5 Min Read

Traditional Craftsmen Restore Centuries Old Monuments in Delhi’s Nizamuddin Basti

27 Sep 2016 5 Min Read

These Eco-Friendly Pencils Help Recycle Old Newspapers and Save Trees

17 Sep 2016 4 Min Read

These Women Sell Traditional Cookware for Health Benefits Derived from Ancient Indian Wisdom

26 Aug 2016 5 Min Read

This Kargil War Hero, a Maha Vir Chakra Awardee, Continues to Inspire the Nation

14 Aug 2016 5 Min Read

Two Young Women Left Their Cement Homes to Build a Mud House Entirely from Trash in Kodaikanal

24 Jul 2016 4 Min Read

Meet ‘Uncle’ Shyam Bihari Prasad, the Retired BSNL Officer Teaching Kids on a Pavement in Delhi

17 Jul 2016 5 Min Read

This Is One of India’s Best Conservation Efforts as per National Geographic Society. Find Out Why!

03 Jul 2016 6 Min Read

How One Indian Organization is Trying to Preserve Ancient Indian Rock Art Found in Caves

02 Jul 2016 6 Min Read

How a Farm in Dharamsala Can Help us Replace Plastic Bags with Eco Friendly Cow Dung Planters

25 Jun 2016 4 Min Read

These Two Men Are Helping Delhites Recycle Waste and Reduce the Burden on City Landfills

07 Jun 2016 6 Min Read

In a World First, Indian Marine Scientists Restore Thousands of Years Old Dead Coral Reef

02 Jun 2016 6 Min Read

Olive Ridley Turtles Have Better Chances of Survival Today, Thanks to These Odisha Villagers

23 May 2016 7 Min Read

Did You Know There’s an Organization That Looks after Donkeys and Mules in India?

16 May 2016 6 Min Read

Birds Also Suffer from Paralysis, Chicken Pox & More. And Go to This Hospital for Free Treatment.

11 May 2016 6 Min Read

Why Clog the Landfills When You Can Now Convert Organic Waste into Compost in Just 24 Hours!

16 Apr 2016 7 Min Read

This Newspaper By and For Street Children Tells Stories of Lost Childhoods

12 Apr 2016 5 Min Read

Did You Know There’s a Museum Where You Can See the Amazing Gifts given to the Presidents of India?

03 Apr 2016 6 Min Read

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