8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (231+ words) The Better India She Left Switzerland to Help 20,000 Children in India ❤️ She had a luxurious life in Switzerland, a successful corporate career in Dubai, financial security and the freedom to travel. But one question changed everything: “Why do I have…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (285+ words) When heavy rain arrives, the instinct is normally to drain it away. But in some Indian villages, people are slowing runoff, storing it in ponds and letting the land absorb more of it. In Dhaspad, Almora, villagers built small basins…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago   (742+ words) Pabiben Rabari adapted a centuries-old Kutch craft into a faster new technique that has since travelled from village homes to global markets. It is hard to miss a Pabi Bag. Bright ribbons run across its cotton surface, forming colourful patterns…...

7+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1712+ words) Think back to a school geography class, flipping through an atlas. Rajasthan's Thar was often a broad yellow patch on the map, a vast stretch of desert that seemed almost empty. For Sumer Singh Bhati, that same land can decide…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (537+ words) Only about 1% of fighter pilots are selected for the elite course. A decade after becoming one of India’s first women fighter pilots, Bhawana Kanth has made history again. In June 2016, a 23-year-old engineering graduate from Bihar stood on a stage…...

20+ hour, 31+ min ago   (250+ words) The Better India He Spends ₹6,000 a Month Cleaning Garbage ❤️ This tailor spends ₹6,000 of his own money every month to clean garbage. 🧹❤️ Meet Rajasthan's Vishnu Bhartesh, lovingly known as “Swachhata Wale Bhaiya.” Years ago, after visiting Saudi Arabia and seeing its…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (761+ words) For over a decade, students at K Khel Government Middle School have tended a kitchen garden that brings farming lessons out of textbooks and onto their lunch plates. At K Khel Government Middle School in Viswema, Nagaland, lunch starts in…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (338+ words) “Mumma, what is sex?” It’s a question that can leave even the most prepared parent fumbling for words. But what if the right response isn’t a perfect answer but simply a safe conversation? Sharing her approach on @imperfectbusymom, parenting coach…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1249+ words) Two things shape how Mumbai floods today: a warming atmosphere that carries and releases more water, and a shrinking network of lakes, wetlands and rivers that once absorbed the rain. Understanding both explains a lot. This story is a part…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (735+ words) The Better India presents #CivicSenseHeroes — a year-long search for the everyday Indians turning pride into action, one street, one lake, one pothole at a time. This Independence Day, meet the #CivicSenseHeroes turning love for India into everyday acts of care,…...