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How Members of a Housing Society Turned a Barren Piece of Land into a...
If you happen to visit the MIDC colony located in Mumbai’s Andheri East region sometime in the evening, a pleasant sight will welcome you – a lush green garden with about 100 different varieties of...
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When Saurabh Hooda Realised He Owned Too Many Books, This Is What He Went on...
Lenro is making it easy for readers to exchange books. All because its founder Saurabh Hooda had too many books. Govaradhan, a 62-year-old man, used to feel very lonely in his new apartment society in...
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These 3 Golden Retrievers Are Employees at Mumbai T2. For a Reason That’ll...
Pepe, Goldie and Sunshine – next time you are taking a flight from Mumbai airport’s iconic terminal T2, don’t forget to cuddle these furry Golden Retrievers; your faithful friends who will be there to...
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This 65-Year-Old Man Stands at a Railway Station Every Day with a Message for...
It has been six years since Ramesh Dongre retired from work, but the 65-year-old Mumbai resident never stopped working. He took up a second job – that of trying to spread awareness about the importance...
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A Mobile App That Teaches the Basics About Cancer Care for Children. And...
This article on using mobile technology for social good is part of the #Mobile4Good series & is made possible by Vodafone India. People at St. Jude India Child Care Centres for low cost cancer...
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A Mumbai Beach Turns into a Free Kung Fu Class for Girls Every Weekend....
On weekend evenings at Mumbai's Versova beach, rows of girls practice jabs and kicks. The girls, some aged as young as six, are learning self-defence, for free. An initiative by martial arts...
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Travelling across India with No Money in Your Pocket
If you’ve ever planned to travel the world with no money, take a hint from what Anuj Khurana and Ishant Kumar have done. They hitchhiked across India, slept under bridges, gatecrashed weddings for...
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Events to Attend this Week (24/3/2016-31/3/2016)
1. The Humayun’s Tomb and Sunder Nursery Heritage and Birding Photowalk - New Delhi Source: Flickr A guided photography and heritage walk tour covering the UNESCO World Heritage site, Humayun’s Tomb,...
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MY STORY: These 12-Year-Old Quadruplets Are Helping Children with Special...
In the MY STORY section, we present some of the most compelling and pertinent stories and experiences shared with us by our readers. Do you have something to share? Write to us:...
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In an ‘Airlift’ Like Operation, Jet Airways Helps Evacuate 242 Indian...
Several passengers from India who were stranded in Brussels after multiple blasts in the city, were safely brought back to India. A Jet Airways recovery flight, 9W 1229 from Amsterdam, carrying 242...
View ArticleHe Thinks Twice Before Ordering Biryani. But This Man Has Sponsored the...
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give,” said Winston S. Churchill once. As easy as it may seem to say something like this, one faces the real test of time in situations where...
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This Man Creates Books on Positive Thoughts and Distributes Them for Free in...
“Happiness is the delicate balance between what one is and what one has,” says one of the pages of Prabodhika – a book on positive thoughts and quotes, compiled and published by Prabodh Halde, a...
View ArticleCarol Gracias Walking the Ramp with a Baby Bump Could Change the Way We Think...
While fashion shows are notorious for promoting a skewed body image perception, this year’s Lakme India Fashion Week (LFW) held in Mumbai broke that stereotype. Carol Gracias, a popular Indian model,...
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Dharavi Girls Become Coders, Develop Apps for Education, Recycling and Women...
In Dharavi, it's the teenage girls who are driving change through science and technology, by developing apps to keep women safe, to get water, and for education. It all started as an initiative by...
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Speech and Hearing Impaired Individuals Run the Show at This Mumbai Restaurant!
Mirchi and Mime is an innovative restaurant in the Powai area of Mumbai. It boasts of a friendly wait staff of 27 servers, all of whom are hearing and speech impaired. I have often heard my parents and...
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This Eco Cooker Can Cook Multiple Items Together Using Steam, Saving About...
Domestic and commercial cooking at many places in India involves an open pan or pot that is placed on an open flame. This results in increased wastage of energy because heat is lost along with the...
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Here’s Why 14 Women Including Twinkle Khanna Are Painting Dead Trees in Mumbai
If you happen to take a walk around Juhu in Mumbai one of these days, some vibrant and colourful trees will welcome you – trees that are no longer alive but have been painted in beautiful colours and...
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10 Photos That Capture the Hardworking Mumbai Police in Action
It is because of the valour and hard work of the Mumbai police that the 1.4 crore people in the city can sleep in peace. Mumbai photographer Pravin Talan beautifully captures the essence of Mumbai...
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MY STORY: How a Woman Auto Driver Showed Me Not to Care About ‘Log Kya Kahenge’!
Varsha Mudgal was on her way to office in Navi Mumbai when she came across a woman driving an auto rickshaw. She was tough, determined and unaffected by people's reaction to her job. This is her story....
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This Dosa Making Machine Invented by 24-year-olds Wowed the Royal Couple...
The royal couple, Prince William and Princess Kate, had a glimpse of smart, useful Indian innovations during their tour of India. At an event in Mumbai on day 2 of the tour, four young entrepreneurs...
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