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Inside Mumbai's Dirtiest Beach? 18000 KG Of Waste (Shocking😳)
Mumbai’s ocean is drowning in plastic. And we’re running out of places to hide it. Every year, around 5 million kg of plastic drains out of Mumbai into the Arabian Sea. Most of it stays there. This...
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24 Hours Inside Mumbai’s Plastic Crisis: Beach Trash to School Desks
18,000 kg of plastic. 1,500+ volunteers. One Mumbai beach. And then, it all became School Benches. Mumbai’s beaches are drowning in plastic. Every year, 5 million kg of plastic enters the Arabian Sea...
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After Visarjan, 2 Mumbai Men Turn Broken Ganpati Idols Into 760 Study Tables...
Ganpati visarjan marks the end of days filled with colour, music, prayers and celebration. But once the crowds leave and the festivities wind down, another sight begins to emerge along the water’s...
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The 3 Friends Who Went From Music, War Zones & Movies to Making Burgers That...
There is something deeply satisfying about a really good burger. The soft bun, a juicy patty, melted cheese and sauces coming together in one generous bite. It is the kind of food that does not need...
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Chinu Kwatra Has Spent 9 Years Cleaning Beaches. On 26 Sept, Join Us for a...
When Chinu Kwatra (then 28) walked along the shore of Dadar Beach on 3 September 2017, he found broken Ganpati idol pieces lying among plastic wrappers, bags and food packaging that had washed up along...
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From Used Flowers to Paper Pulp, This Mumbai Mandal Has Made Giant Ganpati...
For years, Sunil Mayekar has been troubled by what Ganeshotsav leaves behind in the ponds and lakes near his home in Vile Parle. He saw chalky sludge, flaking paint and idols that refused to dissolve...
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Skip the Sweets, Bring Stationery: This Mumbai Couple’s Ganpati Request Will...
This Ganpati, if you are visiting Pooja and Dipesh Dedhia’s Mumbai home, they have one unusual request: skip the usual festive offerings and bring a notebook, pencils, colours or any fresh, unused...
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A Finnish Family Moved to Mumbai. Here’s What Made India Feel Like Home
For parents, moving to another country with children comes with a long list of questions. Will they settle in? Will they make friends? Will they feel at home? For Finnish couple Touko and Janika...
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After Losing His Son in a Pothole Crash, This Mumbai Dad Filled 1,450+...
Somewhere on the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, under a sheet of monsoon water that looked no different from any other flooded stretch of Mumbai, a pothole was waiting. It had no warning sign, no...
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We Left Finland for India to Raise Our Kids | Mumbai
They left Finland and moved to India with their children without ever visiting India before. 🇫🇮🇮🇳 The beginning wasn't easy. There was temporary housing, unfamiliar systems and endless paperwork. But...
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Mumbai Brothers’ Bike ‘Umbrella’ Helps 20000 Riders Reach Work Dry in the...
The arrival of the monsoon transforms India's landscape, but for millions who rely on two-wheelers for their daily commute, it also marks the beginning of a season filled with challenges. Navigating...
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The Viral Couple Behind Mumbai’s ‘Benne’ Quit Their Jobs for a Childhood Dosa...
When Akhil Iyer and Shriya Narayan moved away from Bengaluru after their marriage, they found themselves missing a familiar comfort from home. It was not something elaborate, but a simple plate of hot,...
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Mumbai Floods: Why Scientists Want the City To Take a Leaf From Odisha’s...
Mumbai's floods are, by scientific consensus, unavoidable. "If 90 mm of rain occurs in two hours, any city in the world will flood," says Dr Subimal Ghosh, Institute Chair Professor in the Department...
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A 240-YO Project Built To Stop Floods May Be the Reason Mumbai Still Floods...
Every monsoon, Mumbai braces for the same challenge. Heavy rain brings parts of the city to a standstill. Roads disappear under water, train services are disrupted, and neighbourhoods along rivers and...
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How a 17-YO Helped 750 Domestic Workers Claim Government Benefits They Didn’t...
Think about your morning. Someone swept your floor before you had your first cup of chai. Someone washed last night’s dishes while you were still asleep. Someone dressed your child, chopped your...
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After His Parents' Motorcycle Accident, 15-YO Built an AI Tool to Fix Delhi's...
Every time we navigate around a pothole on India's roads, swerving our two-wheelers at the last second or bracing ourselves for that familiar jolt in our cars, we go through the same mental routine. We...
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Mumbai Couple Wakes Up at 4 AM Every Sunday to Cook Breakfast for 100 People
In most homes, Sunday mornings unfold slowly, with a little extra sleep, a warm cup of chai and the day easing in. In Pooja and Dipesh Dedhia’s home in Mumbai, it begins in the dark. By 4 am, their...
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Meet the 1st Indian Chef Who Broke a Global Stereotype That Desi Food Can’t...
Originally reported and written in May 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. On 25 March 2020, we lost the ‘godfather of modern Indian cuisine’ to COVID-19. Floyd...
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‘Raising Queer and Neurodivergent Children in India Changed Everything I...
In this first-person account facilitated by Avantika Krishna and narrated to The Better India, Meghna Kulkarni, a teacher with two decades of experience, reflects on raising her queer, neurodivergent...
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Inside the Mumbai Wedding That Proved Low-Waste and Lavish Can Coexist
“Low-waste living, for me, is not about perfection. It is about intention. It is about asking what is actually necessary, what can be reused, and what does not need to be created in the first place,”...
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