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Homemakers Turn Love for Traditional South Indian Snacks into Biz, Reach US &...
Uma Chandrasekar and Uma Natarajan became friends by virtue of going for a morning walk every day in Chennai. The sexagenarians would catch up every morning, exchange pleasantries and chit-chat about...
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IAS Officer Brings ‘Chess Pieces Alive’, Anand Mahindra Hails Superb Video
The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad kicked off on 28 July with much pomp and show in Chennai, Tamil Nadu this year. Onlookers and fans welcomed the tournament with Thambi, the official mascot; a music video...
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IT Professional Spent 10 Years in TN Helping Skater & Surfer Kids Get Global...
This article is part of #MakingSportWork, a series launched by The Better India and Sports and Society Accelerator. The series celebrates India’s independence with stories of heroes who have spent...
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46-YO Quit Comfortable Job to Help Millions Study, Find Jobs, & Reach Global...
Social entrepreneur Sriram V Ayer’s life can be slotted into two periods — before and after 2002. In the former, he held a lucrative corporate job that he enjoyed thoroughly. He’d started working in...
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MBA Grad Launches ‘Boutique on Wheels’ to Deliver Affordable Fashion to Your...
The pandemic has made online shopping everyone’s best friend. Be it just one pen, a sudden craving for your favourite sweet, a single grocery item, or a dress, everything is available with one click....
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Amid Violence & Threats, A Lone Woman Battles to Transform a Crime-Riddled...
Crematoriums and burial grounds see an honest outpouring of emotions, and their walls have several stories to share. Working in such a place where emotions run through the roof is arguably not a...
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For Low Fees, This Ex-IAS Officer Has Helped Over 300 Students Become Officers
An erstwhile Indian Administrative Officer (IAS), Israel Jebasingh made the transition to becoming an educator in 2013, when he started the Officers IAS Academy in Chennai to train aspiring Civil...
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Exclusive: How This Indian Patient Recovered From COVID-19 in New York
With the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic showing little signs of abating in India, there is a great deal of fear and anxiety. Currently undergoing a 21-day lockdown, India is reporting more COVID-19...
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Pregnant During COVID-19? Doctors Explains Dos, Don’ts & All You Should Know
“As a doctor, it is my responsibility to help as many people as I can during this crisis,” begins Dr Reubina KD Singh, MS (OB-GYN) in a conversation with The Better India. “One of my patients was...
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#CoronaLockdown: 6.7 Lakh Needy Fed So Far & You Could Help Feed More
“Kitchens should never stop functioning. Even at our homes, the only time the kitchen stops working is if something is seriously wrong. If I feel that way about my home’s kitchen, why should my...
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Despite ‘Wrong Number’, Chennai Lady Helps 200+ Labourers During COVID-19...
When Aarti Madhusudan’s phone rang on 1 April, she saw an anonymous number flash across the screen. Thankfully, with a long habit of answering all calls, she received that one too. If she hadn’t, a...
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Uttarakhand to Kerala: Indians Show Solidarity Amidst Social Distancing With...
This article has been published in partnership with Castrol India What happens when more than a billion people in a country are asked to stay at home to practise ‘social distancing’? India has been...
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Chennai Man Shares How he Planned an Eco-friendly Wedding As a Gift for His...
Just after my daughter Nithya was engaged last May, she told me the story of a green wedding in Chennai. She said, “Appa, if we plan, we can do better than this. It will be the best wedding gift I...
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The Unsung ‘Coolie’ Who Made the First Astronomical Discovery by an Indian
Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary, the 19th-century astronomer, holds a special place in the history of modern astronomy in India. He was the first India-born astronomer to publish a research paper (in the...
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Past is Present: Chennai Historian Helps You ‘Travel Through Time’ During...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. “For many of us,...
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For Amma, With Love: How a Mother Instilled Love for Cooking in Her Son
As a writer, there are some stories and protagonists that you genuinely enjoy working on. This story, about Chennai based mother-son duo Rama Raghunathan and Rakesh Raghunathan, who don many hats...
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Indian Railways Resumes Service Tomorrow: List of Trains, Routes, Ticket Cost
It’s been a long lockdown period for us in India—51 days, to be precise. While some state governments have started allowing industries and other non-essential services to resume, life has not gone back...
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90% Recycled, Slashed Power Bills: Chennai Duo Builds Amazing Green Home...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. A cashew tree lay at...
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India’s First Residency Fellowship for Lawyers, Law Students Launched: How To...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. Daksha Fellowship is...
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The Untold Story of the ‘Daring’ WW1 German Ship That Became a Word in Tamil!
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. Did you know about a...
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