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This Chennai-Based Designer Is Trying to Simplify the Lives of the Disabled...
Students and working professionals with disabilities will walk the ramp for Chennai-based fashion designer Shalini Vikasan, who has designed party wear adaptive clothing for them. In an innovative...
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This Chennai Café Hires Burn Survivors as Kitchen Staff, Giving Them a Second...
Atma had lived a life full of incredible hardships. One day, because of unbearable suffering, she reached a point where she felt that life wasn’t worth living anymore. She decided to self-immolate....
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Bangalore-Chennai in 30 Minutes on a Hyperloop? Here’s How Realistic That Is!
Unless you have been living under a rock the past few days, chances are you have read about the proposed hyperloop route that can potentially transport people from Bangalore to Chennai in 30 minutes....
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How a Tour Operator by Day Used Her Family Recipes to Start an Organic Food...
Juggling her passion for food with a full-time career, Chennai resident Sheela Subramaniam offers centuries-old family recipes with a healthy, organic twist. Healthy though they may be, organic food...
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Chennai Folks, If You Have Any Fresh Food Going Waste, This Man Can Feed It...
A G Padmanaban is literally on a one man mission - to ensure no one goes hungry in the city of Chennai. The 23-year-old has launched a project called "No Food Waste," wherein he hopes to feed the...
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Here’s Why Snake Catchers From Tamil Nadu Have Been Called to Florida
When you have run out of options, sometimes you need to call in the experts. And that's exactly what officials in Florida, USA, did. When they realised that they were not going to be able to curtail...
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Underprivileged Orphan Girls in India Are Learning Robotics, Thanks to This...
This article is a part of the #SkillsToSucceed series powered by Accenture in India. Sisters Aditi Prasad and Deepti Rao Suchindran, COO and CIO of Robotix Learning Solutions, are on a mission to...
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This Chennai NGO Helps Women Who Have Been Victims of Violence With...
There’s a story that Dr. Prasanna Poornachandra, the founder of The International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care (PCVC), likes to tell that is equal parts uplifting and tragic. It’s...
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This Man Built a House That Harvests Rainwater, Produces Solar Energy,...
On New 17 Vasu Street in the Kilpauk area of Chennai lies an almost fully self-sufficient house. Completely solar-powered, the house also has its own biogas unit, water harvesting unit and kitchen...
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Want to Volunteer at the Chennai Oil Spill Clean Up? Here Are Some Do’s and...
It's been a harrowing few days along the coast of Chennai where two cargo ships collided, causing a massive oil spill. While the numbers are still fuzzy, experts now note that it could be 10 times as...
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Project Olivia: The Indian Coast Guard Steps in to Save Endangered Olive Ridleys
The Indian Coast Guard has descended on the state of Odisha with one goal - to save Olivia. Olivia, in this case, is not a missing person but rather the Olive Ridley turtles. Aptly dubbed, "Operation...
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A Blood Stem Cell Donor Registry Needs Your Help to Save the Lives of Cancer...
The people behind DATRI want to spread an important message on World Cancer Day: You can save a life. Founded in 2009, the country's largest adult unrelated blood stem cell donors’ registry is...
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Dear Sasikala: Please Hear What Tamilians Expect From the New TN Government
Ever since it was announced that VK Sasikala would be the next chief minister of Tamil Nadu, the reaction from the general public, especially those in Tamil Nadu, have been vastly one of confusion. As...
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If You Think Art Is Elitist, Chennai’s New Public Art Initiative Will...
When was the last time you went to an art gallery? The painter Edgar Degas once said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Yet, not many even get an opportunity to see — and...
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Cancer Robbed Her of Her Eyesight. But Not of Her Dream to Become an IAS...
Twenty-one-year-old Bhakti Ghatole from Nagpur lost her eyesight to cancer at the tender age of nine. But that hasn’t stopped her from pursuing her dreams and ambitions with infectious zest! It was a...
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These Two Guys Ran the Auroville Marathon. But They Ran 190 Km From Chennai...
Runners Peter Van Geit and Vipul Kumar are not your regular marathoners. While they ran the full distance at the Auroville Marathon in February (that would be 42.2 km), what set them apart is the fact...
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A Porter’s Son, T Natarajan Overcame Huge Odds to Become the Highest Paid...
Like every year, the IPL auction 2017 too has a thrown up some surprises. While all eyes were trained on big guns like Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes, it was left-arm seamer Thangarasu Natarajan, an...
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Meet the Girl Reviving Traditional Board Games Like Pachisi and Chauka Bara
As a child, Neha Murthy used to play many board games, and Ludo was one of her favourites. But little did she know then that she was actually playing a simplified version of an Indian game - Pachisi....
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Coffee With a Conscience: 12 Indian Cafes That Offer More Than Just Good Food!
With rising social inequality becoming one of India's top issues in recent years, it is time to think about how we can contribute not just to the environment, but also to our society. Be it through...
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This Music Cafe in Pune Has Good Mood and Healthy Food on Its Menu!
A one-of-its-kind Music Cafe in Pune offers therapeutic Indian classical music on its menu! Situated amidst the lush greenery and cosy lanes of Pune’s Law College Road is a curious musical experiment....
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