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Head of Content & Social Media @thebetterindia | Passionate about books, food, history, feminism & public policy | Chai-guzzling cat rescuer | Tweets personal.
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Uttarakhand burned for 5 days—and we barely noticed. 1,600 forest fires. Almost no snow. No rain. Across the Himalayas, snow is disappearing. Kashmir saw 40% less snowfall. Ladakh, 70%. This is a snow drought—and it affects us all. This one family planted 70,000 trees.
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Chennai recently cleared the Perungudi dumpyard using bio mining tech from @BluePlanet_Env If 50 years of garbage can be reinvented, then there’s hope for India’s waste problem and room for many more such growth stories… #MondayMotivation
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Mr. Chang’s story is incredibly poignant. At 94, his dedication to his craft is a reminder of why we should value artisanship over assembly lines. I’m reaching out to friends in Kolkata to connect with him. I want to buy a signed piece at a premium (perhaps with a fabric tag
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The journey of @supriyasahuias as we are watching for a long time is ,a dedication inside. A recognition by @UNEP will motivate @supriyasahuias to make herself to go extra mile for #environmental cause & #animals welfare apart from bridging native people into that. @SanchPal
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This winter, the Himalayas are calling. Not for selfies. Not for snowball fights. But for help. Since 2016, Healing Himalayas Foundation has been walking miles, clearing what we carelessly discard, building recycling facilities, and teaching communities to protect this fragile
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India is the world’s 2nd-largest sugarcane producer. But the woman who made it possible slipped into the footnotes of our history. Hers is an extraordinary story of courage, ambition and service. She is an outstanding role model for all young Indian women. Yet how many
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They were born in villages where nobody expected them to dream big. They grew up in silence, learning cricket not by sight but by sound. And yet, on a warm Sunday evening in Colombo, India’s blind women’s cricket team lifted the first-ever Women’s Blind T20 World Cup. At the
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What would you do if a few wandering deer showed up on your farm one day? R. Gurusamy, a 70-year-old farmer from Pudupalayam, Tamil Nadu, didn’t chase them away. Instead, he made a choice that changed the lives of hundreds of animals and turned his 50 acres of farmland into a
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There is no better platform to promote positivity & inspire change than The Better India @thebetterindia founded by Dhimant Parekh & Anuradha Parekh. It showcases grassroot stories of change from across India, inspiring millions. The platform harnesses the power of storytelling
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🌾 Punjab, India’s food basket, is drowning. 1,400 villages submerged, 3.5 lakh people displaced, 37 lives lost. Yet, Punjab’s spirit stands tall — from Khalsa Aid to everyday heroes serving tea in floods.💔 But Punjab cannot do this alone. 🇮🇳 Together with DonateKart, The
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From a slum in Karnataka to the Padma Shri! 🙌 At 10, she sold veggies. At 70, she’s transformed cancer care in India. Today, she’s saved thousands as a cancer surgeon—and continues serving girls in need. Proof that no dream is too big, no hurdle too hard. Salute to her
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From Natham’s paddy fields to NYC’s Michelin stars, Chef Vijay Kumar just won the James Beard Award — the “Oscars of the food world”! 🍛 Once laughed at for his Tamil meals, today the world queues for his snail curry & millet khichdi at Semma. Veshti on, roots intact — he’s
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What if not a single bag of garbage from your neighbourhood ever reached a landfill? Navjivan Vihar in South Delhi made it happen—thanks to 280 families, 300 kg of daily waste, and one woman’s determination: Dr. Ruby Makhija. This colony proves that climate action can begin
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Before air conditioners, there were baolis. In Jaipur, where the sun blazes at 45°C, the Pearl Academy of Fashion remains a cool 10–15°C lower — no ACs needed. How? By reviving the wisdom of 1,500-year-old stepwells to create a self-sustaining microclimate. Swipe through to
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Presenting the Traditional Summer Drinks Map of India! #summerdrinks #traditionaldrinks #IndiaInMaps #summer2024 #beattheheat #India [Summers in India, Traditional Summer Drinks, Indian in Maps, Beat The Heat]
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#TheRailwayMen is a brilliant tribute to the heroic efforts of railway staff in the face of #BhopalGasTragedy. Two names really stand out- Mr. Gauri Shankar and Mr. Ghulam Dastagir. Gauri Shankar, the then GM, Northern Railways defied the orders of his seniors and moved to
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2/2 Contribute to Himachal's Aapda Rahat Kosh 2023 https://t.co/lVehkMRs8m and do share this as widely as possible. @SukhuSukhvinder @himachalpolice
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#HimachalFloods #HelpHimachal
#HimachalPradesh #HimachalPradeshRains
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1/2 #Himachal. A place so many of us dream of visiting. A place now facing a calamity of unprecedented proportion. Flash floods, landslides, roads washed away, villages left devastated. India, lend a hand to this beautiful state that's struggling to pick up the pieces. 👇
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#Chandigarh #Mohali #Panchkula #Zirakpur Urgently need donors with AB+ve blood group. Where: Max Hospital, Mohali Please contact attendant: Narinder Kaushal (8219680020) Kindly help at the earliest. 🙏 @iCanSaveLife #iCanSaveLife
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#Chandigarh #Mohali #Panchkula #Zirakpur Urgently need donors with AB+ve blood group. Where: Max Hospital, Mohali Please contact attendant: Narinder Kaushal (8219680020) Kindly help at the earliest. 🙏 #Blood #BloodAid
@BloodAid @bloodaidambala
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