Vanita Borade: Maharashtra’s ‘snake friend’ who has rescued 75,000 snakes; works without fee for biodiversity conservation

Vanita has found a place in the India Book of Records as the country’s first [...]

Dr Hemalatha Jain: The professor reviving age-old handloom weaving of sarees in Karnataka

She has set up the Punarjeevana Trust and revived 14 forgotten saree-weaving traditions of Karnataka [...]

Himachal: Married at 15, how Lalita Vakil revived the dying art of Chamba Rumal embroidery

The craft flourished during the 17th and 18th centuries when the Pahari miniature paintings were [...]

How Chennai’s Tüla has made organic farm-to-fashion viable by reviving desi cotton cultivation & weaving

True to its name, which means cotton as well as balance, Tüla is trying to [...]

Debal Deb: Seed warrior who has conserved 1,480 traditional rice varieties & shared them for free with over 7,600 farmers 

Deb resigned from his job at the World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India) in 1996 [...]

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Mysuru’s Ramsons Bombe Mane: Home to over 10,000 handmade dolls from across India

It sources handcrafted dolls of clay, terracotta, wood, ceramic, cloth and paper mache from from [...]

Maharashtra’s Paithani Sarees continue to weave magic after 2,000 years

With over 3,000 looms and 10,000 people involved in degumming, dyeing and weaving, Paithani sarees [...]

V Priya Rajnarayanan: This MBA has saved over 500 varieties of native vegetable seeds; gives them free to farmers & gardeners

Priya's seed collection includes over 100 types of brinjal, more than 60 types of chillies, [...]

Himachali Rasoi: How a software engineer is reviving the traditional cuisine of Himachal Pradesh

Himanshu Sud spent almost a year travelling with the Botis, Brahmin cooks, who are the [...]

Indian Yards: Bengaluru couple quits top MNCs for the love of hinterland; empowers indigenous women of the Nilgiris through Macramé craft

Sunita and Suhas Ramegowda chose Macramé to provide financial independence to women as it is [...]