Mardani Khel: Maharashtra’s talims popularise Chhatrapati Shivaji’s martial art legacy

In 1732, when the purdah system was widely prevalent in India, a woman commander-in-chief of [...]

Rajasthan: Dacoits from Chambal’s badlands give up guns for farming

Ram Avtar Gurjar was a dreaded dacoit who looted and killed without remorse in the [...]

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How Nahargarh’s 300-year-old water harvesting system beat the desert’s water blues

Roman-style architecture, Indian ingenuity, folklore, mountain top citadel with panoramic views and round-the-year water supply [...]

Nirvana through dance: Uma Dogra’s journey through Kathak

In summer of 1977, Uma Dogra, who had returned from a Kathak performance at the [...]

How Kalyan Joshi has made Rajasthan’s 1,000-year-old Phad paintings trendy

In 1982, a 17-year-old Kalyan Joshi arrived at the MS University in Baroda after deciding [...]

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‘We need a paying audience to make performing arts self-sustaining’: Odissi dancer Prachi Hota

A 14-year-old girl was extremely nervous ahead of her first full Odissi recital in Delhi. [...]

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Hukumchand Patidar: Rajasthan’s millionaire organic farmer who exports to Germany, Japan & Switzerland

Sometime in 2005, Hukumchand Patidar, a farmer from Manpura village in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, decided [...]

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No emotional outlet and 24×7 parenting, how single parents are coping with pandemic blues

A typical day for Stella Turner begins at 5 am by replying to work emails [...]

Uttarakhand: Himalayan homestay empowers women through ecotourism

In 2007, a 22-year-old widow with two small children walked up to Poonam Rawat-Hahne’s women’s [...]

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Water conservation in rural Rajasthan increases farming incomes four times; checks migration

Amar Singh, a farmer in Rajasthan’s remote Karauli district, was a daily wager in a [...]