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HomeGENRE: Features

GENRE: Features

Anecdotal, illustrative narratives to interpret news and current trends creatively

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.

Governance

How good governance can transform a city: The tale of Surat

January 25, 2021 Darshan Desai

Visitors to today’s swanky Surat would find it difficult to imagine what the city was like when plague struck in 1994.

Civic

How to grow your food in your home garden: Hyderabad holds lessons

January 12, 2021 Kolla Krishna Madhavi

There is an increasing realisation among consumers that homegrown food can be a shock absorber in times of crisis such as the present.

Environment

Stay fit and keep your cities plastic free: Tips from Pune

January 9, 2021 Prachi Bari

Plogging as a practice gained momentum across the world in 2018; now, several youth volunteers in Pune have taken to it to keep plastic waste from landfills

Society

The new mantra of Ahmedabad’s art world: Going hybrid

January 5, 2021 Binita Parikh

2021 will see more innovative ways of creative expression, as artists take to digital platforms for display and marketing.

Civic

Passionate about water and sanitation? This challenge is for you

December 10, 2020 News Desk

Calling for entries from freelance writers, communicators, researchers and videographers from India, interested in the WASH sector. Learn more about the opportunity, how to apply and the awards.

Governance

Technology, Transparency, Swaraj: Mantras of ‘apolitical’ entrants in Kerala municipal polls

December 10, 2020 Navya P K

Several new movements have fielded independent candidates for city corporations and municipalities across the state in the ongoing local body elections.

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