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How One Tribal Village in Maharashtra Ensures Water Availability Throughout...
On a hot April afternoon, Bhetwadi village in Mokhada administrative block of Palghar wore a deserted look. The hills surrounding this tribal village of 72 families, about 150 km north of Mumbai, were...
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Want to Go Green This Ganeshotsav? Head to Nerul for Idols That Can Later Be...
As India preps in full swing to celebrate Ganeshotsav, one Nerul resident is determined to help people adopt a more eco-friendly approach. Nilesh Tupe, an auditor and cow shelter owner in Nerul, is...
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Solar Trees & Eco-Friendly Loos: How a Mumbai Startup Is Helping India Go Green
Ever used a toilet made of glass bottles, recycled milk and juice cartons? Or danced at an eco-friendly EDM festival? This Mumbai-based innovative startup, with its motto of ‘greening the impossible,’...
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This Woman Is Capturing Mumbai in an Old Film Camera & the Results Will Make...
Remember the times when we posed for cameras that had limited shots and a click gone was a click truly gone? Most of the younger generation, all too well-equipped with front cameras and selfie sticks,...
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Ladies Special – Mumbai’s Matunga Railway Station Is India’s First to Be...
Owing to the odd hours and the nature of the job, you won’t find many women working at railway stations. The ones who do work are usually made to sit behind a desk. Very rarely would you spot a woman...
View ArticleThe Grit of This Little Girl Who Left Her Parents & Her Village to Study in...
What do you want to be when you grow up? Certainly one of the most hackneyed questions, it is directed at kids with usually no idea of what it takes to become what they say they want to be. But what...
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Mumbai Has a 66-Million-Year-Old Secret & It’s Been Right in Front of Your...
How well do you think you know Mumbai? You’re probably aware that it is the birthplace of Nobel Laureate Rudyard Kipling, and of course, you’ve witnessed the many ‘firsts’ that took shape in the city,...
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Barren Land to Butterfly Garden: 3 Generations of This Mumbai Family Has...
Having a conversation with some people inspires you to do something and motivates you to act. My conversation with Sandeep Athalye has left me with that feeling. The Athalye family has been quietly...
View ArticleBy Going Solar, These Retired Air Force Officers in Mumbai Are Serving the...
They served the nation with their heroism and now they are doing their bit to protect the country, albeit in a different way. Trishul Cooperative Housing Society (CHS) is an apartment complex in the...
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This Mumbai Society Is Bridging Gaps by Teaching Kids From Their Impoverished...
There was a time when Mumbai was the hub of the cotton textile industry in India. Central Mumbai was full of textile mills, surrounded by chawls that housed the mill workers. These mills, which lie on...
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How IIT-Bombay Grads Are Helping 130 Govt School Students With Low-Cost,...
Empowered by The Asha Trust in Powai, a group of IIT-Bombay graduates is making a difference to the lives of over 130 students from government schools. Breaking away from the traditional practice of...
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7 Mumbai Students Make Robot to Clean Contaminated Water, Winning Awards at...
Representing India at the FIRST Global Challenge, an Olympics-style robotics competition held in the US from July 16-18, a team of seven students from Mumbai designed a robot called Neutrino that can...
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These Dedicated Residents Are on a Mission to Clean up Mumbai. Here’s How You...
It all started in May. A Mumbai resident was so fed up with Bandra’s Carter Road promenade being littered with plastic bottles, plastic bags and discarded food packaging that she went out and started...
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This NGO in the Heart of Kamathipura Has Rehabilitated 3,000 Women & 1,150...
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Manju Vyas remembers asking a 6-year-old. The young girl did not bat a lash saying, “I want to be a Madame. A brothel owner.” That one memory is clear as the...
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How a Mumbai Girl Was Saved From a Child Marriage With the Help of an NGO &...
SNEHA’s adolescent health and sexuality program uses a gender transformative approach to transform social norms and promote gender-equitable relationships Madhuri is a 14 year old living in a shanty...
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Indian Hotel Staff Will Now Be Trained to Spot 50 Signs of Illegal Sex...
Repeated requests to change the bed linen or a ‘do not disturb’ sign hung on the door knob for days – these could qualify as clues for spotting illegal sex trafficking in hotels. In a move to tackle...
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The Mumbai Police Will Now Geo-Locate Emergency Callers Who Dial 100, to...
The next time you call the cops in Mumbai during an emergency, you won’t have to waste time explaining your location. In a series of firsts in India, the Mumbai police has set up a new software at its...
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A 13-Hour Train Journey Between Mumbai and Delhi Might Soon Become a Reality
If you think travelling from Delhi to Mumbai through train is too tedious, you will soon change your mind. A train will now take you there in less than 13 hours overnight! To ease long-distance...
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How a Mumbai Lady Bravely Confronted Her Stalker When He Showed up at Her Home
At a time when cases of women getting stalked and harassed publicly by fearless perpetrators is in the news, one woman in Mumbai stood up to her stalker, who followed her all the way to her house....
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Railway Station Too Far From the Metro? Mumbai Might Get Cable Cars for...
Travelling from a Metro station to the nearest railway station is a hassle, most Mumbai Metro commuters would agree. But this hassle might soon end. If implemented, an elevated route will be introduced...
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