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This New Symptom of COVID-19 Can Cause a Great Tragedy. Here’s How to Be Safe
In Gurugram, 17 octogenarians decided to meet up and celebrate a fellow octogenarian’s birthday. A few days after, all 17 of them tested positive for COVID-19. Similarly, a few family members gathered...
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Starting with Rs 5000, Gurugram Lady Earns in Lakhs Per Month With her Home...
In the time of social media, where the world is in your palm, starting a business at home is certainly easier. But take a minute and imagine what it would have been like to start one before your...
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How a Granddaughter Saved East London’s Oldest Indian Restaurant From...
Amidst all the [mostly credible] backlash against the ills of social media, I have to acknowledge that the positive power that social media yields never ceases to amaze me. This feature, for example,...
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Woman Entrepreneur Launches a Multi-Crore Food Empire at 69, Teaches Us To Dream
If you, like thousands of others, have enjoyed a hot meal onboard Indigo, then you have Radha Daga to thank. How many of us would have noticed the name of the company – Triguni Foods – that...
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Baahubali to Robot: The 60-YO Traveller Behind the Epic Locations in Indian...
Movies in India are synonymous with songs and dance. Very often, while the plot of the movie is fast forgotten, the songs and its picturisation remain etched in our minds. Whether it was the backdrop...
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Thank You For Chandamama: Remembering Sankar, the Artist Who Made Childhood...
An entire cupboard in my thatha’s (grandfather) house in Mumbai was filled with a treasure – books. While there were all kinds of books in it, my personal favourite were the Chandamama series. If you...
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Why I Had a Heart Attack at 33 Despite Regular Exercise & Healthy Eating Habits
I had a heart attack on 16 December 2019, when I was 33 years old. This is definitely not an age that one usually associates with heart attacks. I am Ram and through this article, I am going to tell...
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5 Offbeat Getaways Around Chennai You Can Travel for the Weekend
‘Wake me up when September ends,’ is a song made famous by the band Greenday. Perhaps it should be changed to reflect the mood of the current times – ‘Wake me up when COVID ends.’ It has been eight...
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Nephew & 70-YO Aunt Turn Home Cooking Into Food Startup With 2000 Orders Per...
Who doesn’t like a good snack? Even better if the snack is made with oodles of love, isn’t it? The snacks by Gulab Bhandari (70), a homepreneur who started her business of making khakhra, thepla,...
View ArticleMumbai to Bengaluru: 10+ Places Home-Delivering Delicious Bhog This Durga Puja
Durga Pujo is here and probably for the first time in many decades (or centuries), devotees will not be able to experience the fervour of the five-day festival amid the sound of conch shells and piping...
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Exclusive: Firebrand IRS Officer Shares What Happens Inside High Profile ‘Raids’
Rohini Divakar is an officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), currently serving as the Joint Director of Income Tax, Investigation, Chennai. One would assume that her job entails looking at files...
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18-YO Goes Back to Her Village for a Holiday, Ends up Staying Back to Clean It
In just 50 days, Chesta Gulechha (18) went from being called the ‘mad city girl’ to one who has the potential to stand for the local elections contested in the village. So, what did she do in 50 days...
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Chennai Mom Learns Coding to Help 20-YO Son With Autism Become Website Designer
On September 30, Prem Sankar celebrated his 25th birthday by launching his website. He has four others under his belt. It may not sound so cool, as lots of people have websites or have built them at...
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Chennai Startup Teaches Coding to The Specially-Abled, Helps Them Qualify For...
In 2019, Manu Sekar received a unique request from a client to teach her autistic daughter computer programming and coding. The 31-year-old Chennai-resident, who is a graduate in mobile application...
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“I Broke the Gutkha Scam In 2017 Despite Threats”: Meet the Journalist
As a journalist, I have always told myself that the pen is mightier than the sword. A few words strung together in a well-told story can help bring about true change, and sometimes, a revolution even....
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Chennai Man Collects Empty Firecracker Cases, Turns Them Into Plant Holders
Hafiz Khan, the founder of CommuniTREE (an NGO), has a unique idea to reduce wastage and one that may bear fruit as well. Climate healer and forest creator tell The Better India (TBI) that he and his...
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Feluda Paper Strip Test for COVID-19: How it Works, Cost, Timing and...
It has been a year since the first known COVID-19 case was reported in China. Since then, countries across the globe have been dealing with a surge in the number of cases and have adopted various...
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Should You Wear a Mask in Your Car & Can You Get Fined For Not Wearing One?
At a time when doctors are urging people to wear their masks in public places as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, different states and cities have issued their own directives. As per the...
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Raised by Single Mom with 8 Kids, This IFS Officer Sold Newspapers at the Age...
Would you take up a newspaper boy job just to pursue reading? Would you want to study hard being surrounded by seven siblings, an undereducated mother and an alcoholic father? And after managing to...
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Washing Dishes to Owning 2 Million-Dollar US Firms: NRI Shares His Success Story
At 23, Subramanian (Subbu) Parameswaran, who spent his childhood in Bengaluru, did what a number of young graduates in India do — move to the US to pursue a Masters degree. Subbu’s story, up until...
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