Tag: Indias
Sometimes a story does more than just get read — it stays with people. When The Better India shared the story of India’s Women’s Ice Hockey Team and their historic…
Khushi Kapoor nailed the Indian wedding guest mood mood board across her sister Anshula Kapoor’s wedding celebrations. She wore a pastel sharara from designer Tarun Tahiliani for the pre-wedding prayer…
Every monsoon, Indian cities brace for the same story. Roads disappear under water, traffic comes to a standstill, and millions of litres of rainwater flow away into drains before they…
Former Indian batsman and National Cricket Academy head V.V.S. Laxman. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Centre of Excellence head V.V.S. Laxman, along with batting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar and…
When Mumbai came to a standstill after days of relentless rain this week, the images were all too familiar — flooded roads, stranded commuters, delayed trains, and neighbourhoods struggling to…
Originally reported and written in July 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Trigger warning: This story contains mentions of depression and anxiety. The fondest…
This week’s good news comes with mud on its hands and sun in its eyes. There is a school in Sikkim that takes three hours of off-road travel and 100…
Long before Delhi turned to aircraft-based cloud seeding to clean its toxic air, a scientist in Kolkata was trying to make rain using hydrogen balloons, chemicals and persistence. Dr Sudhangshu…