No words need to be spoken, no other connection is necessary; a strange solidarity appears and will stay; that is enough. I met Minh Dang on a mild November morning in Kolkata about an hour before we were introduced formally. She is wearing a blue and white cotton print skirt and a white blouse. She …
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V Thayammal (75), upon retirement, wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of her life amidst the lush vibrancy of trees. Amidst heavily publicised plantation drives and green revolution projects, here is one woman quietly contributing to the expansion of green cover in her village. In the confines of Pongalur, this former government-aided school …
Ranaram Bishnoi from Ekalkhori village near Jodhpur has planted more than 50,000 variety of plants, converting a sand dune into a green garden. Five decades ago, when a young boy of 25 years from Ekalkhori village near Jodhpur travelled hundreds of kilometres to attend a community festival in Bikaner, little did he know that it …
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Aadithyan’s foray into the world of computers started at the age of five, and along the way, he fell in love with coding and designing apps and games. When I was nine years old, the only things that helped me kill time and keep boredom away were TV shows and playtime with my friends. At …
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At least 15-20% of the total cost for construction can also be saved by using STCM, he said. Bengaluru: A group of budding engineers from the city has developed a low-cost, environmentally-friendly and a sustainable way to mitigate the effect of earthquakes using tyre pieces and soil mixture, used as energy absorbents from earthquake and other …
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