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HomeGENRE: Features

GENRE: Features

Anecdotal, illustrative narratives to interpret news and current trends creatively

Surat Entrereneur Jitubhai Varkharia (in specs) explaining emission trading
Environment

Surat showcases world’s first successful emission trading system

December 7, 2022 Darshan Desai

170 textile units in Surat are part of an emission trading initiative, which has brought down combined emissions footprint by 29%. Here’s how.

An old man sitting alone on an open verandah
Health

Myths and realities of Alzheimer’s Disease in urban India

September 30, 2022 Geeta Lal Sahai

More than 5 million people live with Alzheimer’s Disease or some form of dementia in India, but awareness and social empathy are both lacking.

Office of the National Poison Information Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi
Health

Poison information centres crucial in India as poisoning by accident and design rises

September 5, 2022 Savita Verma

Poisoning is an emergency situation. The National Poison Information Centre at AIIMS is the oldest centre engaged in providing information on that.

Kids of Lakar Math area in Kolkata engage in various activities at NGO DIKSHA's drop-in centre
Health

Kolkata: These communities have no access to mental health care even when they need it

July 29, 2022 Agnee Ghosh and Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

While the discourse on mental health is certainly rising, large sections of the urban population remain out of its ambit. Here are some such voices.

Tourists flock to the famed Mugal gardens in Srinagar
Society

Influx of tourists in Srinagar throws up major challenges in keeping city and its gardens clean

June 9, 2022 Abid Bashir Wani

Government figures suggest since January this year, seven lakh tourists have arrived, for the first time in the past decade.

Children entertaining themselves at home during COVID
Education

COVID has led to academic learning gaps among kids, but there’s something more worrisome

May 23, 2022 Agnee Ghosh

Learning gaps in reading and writing are real, but many teachers find it even more difficult to get young kids to concentrate and interact with others in class.

An illustration of a rooftab solar panel in urvan India.
Infrastructure

Indian cities need policy reforms and more to achieve rooftop solar targets

May 10, 2022 Jugal Ramnani

In cities, an increasing number of citizens and RWAs want to understand the end to end process of installing rooftop solar panels. Here’s a DIY guide to follow.

Tje Speakersters team participating in Delhi's school enterpreneruship curriculum
Education

Teaching entrepreneurial mindset: From the drawing board to the marketplace

January 12, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

The Business Blasters website enables investment in student startups and sale of products. A carnival is on the cards too, to showcase the top projects.

School students create mobile repair startup
Education

Delhi government schools are teaching entrepreneurship by catching them young, really young

January 10, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

Entrepreneurship Mindset Classes (EMC) in Delhi government schools comprise stories, activities, exercises and interactions with entrepreneurs.

Srinagar's first lake ambulance service
Health

Srinagar: For Dal Lake residents, boat ambulance brings relief and hope

September 28, 2021 Abid Bashir Wani

The first and only one of its kind on the Dal Lake, Tariq Ahmed Patloo’s boat ambulance has all basic facilities, including an oxygen system.

Society

History of cities, as remembered by the people

August 27, 2021 Annabel Lopez

Citizens are often ahead of public officials in exploring the history of their cities and neighbourhoods; their success could point the way forward.

Commute

New network for all citizens bound by a love for cycling

June 3, 2021 News Desk

BYCS India has launched the Bicycle Citizens Network that will allow people from all walks of life to come together and promote cycling in their communities.

Economy

Locked down, but not out: Women entrepreneurs in Ahmedabad

March 23, 2021 Binita Parikh

What started as an activity to pass time creatively during the lockdown were turned into a viable business by these indomitable women.

Society

What we need to keep our senior citizens safe, healthy and happy

March 13, 2021 Ambika Shaligram

Well-thought out initiatives and some mindful steps can ensure that the physical and emotional needs of seniors living in cities are taken care of. Some examples from Pune

Society

Going green organically, at home and in the office

February 1, 2021 Ambika Shaligram

Pune’s home gardeners and gardening groups tell us about their learnings from tending to their home gardens and green spaces.

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