Newsletter Archive

Innovation in the Himalayas & Kolam interior décor

Dear Reader,India is the land of innovation though not all innovations make it to school textbooks. The majority of them remain confined to the area of their origin, with only a handful of people or just an individual making use of them. Many times, this local innovativeness triumphs over sophisticated [...]

04
Apr
Gulabo Sapera Fields
Serpent Dance, Sundarbans and Organic Pineapples

Sometime in November 2002, when I was still a cub reporter, I was assigned to cover the Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan. After a hectic day spent between camels and their herders, we were in for a pleasant surprise. The organisers had arranged for an evening with folk dance and music. [...]

30
Aug
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The Many Hues of Inspiration

Dear Reader,  Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj left us last week. The doyen of the Mewati Gharana and a recipient of the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, he was the only Indian musician to have a minor planet between Mars and Jupiter named after him in 2019.  I have [...]

23
Aug
Independence & Entrepreneurship

Dear Reader, Ever since I can remember, August 15 has been a day of celebration. At school, we would have poem recitation, declamation and debate competitions in the run up to the Independence Day. Flag hoisting and the Principal’s speech was always followed by the distribution of samosas, wafers and [...]

16
Aug
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30Stades completes 6 months

Dear Reader, 30 Stades, our digital magazine on inspiring and impactful stories from across India, has turned 6 months old today! And this is our first newsletter, a token of gratitude towards all of you who signed up for it and have been reading our stories. 30 Stades has seen [...]

29
Jul

Latest Stories

Five tips for investment in the stock market right now 30stades
Five tips for investment in the stock market right now

The Indian stock market is facing a rough patch after two years of a strong [...]

30
Jun
Made in Chandrapur slum, sold in Switzerland: How this woman from Maharashtra handcrafted a successful home business with bamboo handicrafts artifacts rakhis 30stades
Made in Chandrapur slum, sold in Switzerland: How this woman from Maharashtra handcrafted a successful home business with bamboo 

When Minakshi Walke lost her baby following a miscarriage during the seventh month of her [...]

29
Jun
Ornamental fish farming emerges as a source of income for women in Kultali-Sundarbans 30stades
Ornamental fish farming emerges as a source of income for women in Kultali-Sundarbans

Babli Mondal is a 30-year-old homemaker in the hamlet of Kultali, one of the largest [...]

27
Jun
Lavender farming pushes up J&K farmers’ incomes 4-5 times 30stades
Lavender cultivation pushes up J&K farmers’ incomes 4 to 5 times

The Serhama lavender farm in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district has become a popular visitor attraction [...]

24
Jun
Udaipur’s Sadhna: Where hundreds of disadvantaged women handcraft a secure future 30stades
Udaipur’s Sadhna: Where hundreds of disadvantaged women handcraft a secure future

Women artisans are not just employees, but owners of the handicraft enterprise Sadhna. Profits are [...]

22
Jun
Kashmir’s Kani shawl weavers develop new products to keep alive the ancient craft 30stades
Kashmir’s Kani shawl weavers develop new products to keep alive the ancient craft

Made from soft Pashmina yarn, Kani shawls are woven thread by thread based on the [...]

20
Jun
Mumbai’s David Sassoon Library: A Baghdadi Jew’s contribution to the Maximum City’s architecture & reading culture 30stades
Mumbai’s David Sassoon Library: A Baghdadi Jew’s contribution to the Maximum City’s architecture & reading culture

There is no doubt that the only Indian city that qualifies for being a cultural [...]

19
Jun
Usta art: Bikaner’s unique tradition of painting on camel hide on the verge of extinction 30stades
Usta art: Bikaner’s unique tradition of painting on camel hide on the verge of extinction

In 1975, there was only one Usta artist left in Bikaner. The 400-year-old art form [...]

17
Jun