Tamul’s areca nut leaf plates travel from Assam to the world as plastic ban gets stronger

The year was 2011 and Dinesh Narzary would begin his day making tea at his [...]

COVID-19: Housing market in tier-2 cities gets a boost as Indian middle class returns home

In May this year, Dhirendra Chauhan went back to his hometown Indore as his employer, [...]

Serpent Dance, Sundarbans and Organic Pineapples

Sometime in November 2002, when I was still a cub reporter, I was assigned to [...]

How one family has taken India’s 1,000-year-old temple architecture to the world

Sometime in 2008, the over 500-year-old Gunja Narasimha Swami temple in Karnataka was in dire [...]

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Independence & Entrepreneurship

Dear Reader, Ever since I can remember, August 15 has been a day of celebration. [...]

Udaipur’s Jovaki empowers tribal women by processing wild fruits & vegetable

Every year beginning October, Sitara Devi’s day would start by collecting custard apples from the [...]

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How Nizamabad’s 500-year-old black pottery is regaining lost glory

Surendra Kumar Prajapati stands in a 1.5-foot deep pit filled with clay from a nearby [...]

30Stades completes 6 months

Dear Reader, 30 Stades, our digital magazine on inspiring and impactful stories from across India, [...]

Meet India’s ancient board game hunters

It was July 6, 2004. Three friends were at the Yoga Narasimha temple on a [...]

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COVID-19: Builder discounts pull down housing prices by up to 20%

Ravi Sharma, a Pune-based real estate agent, is surrounded by deal seekers these days. All [...]

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