Earth Heroes
July 15: Heroes are people admired for certain noble qualities. Like standing up to wrongs committed by others. And doing …
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Brishti Bandyopadhyay
All features, stories and articles authored by: Brishti Bandyopadhyay
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The Business of Festivals
What is special about Durga Puja is that it’s a community celebration. In Calcutta, specially, almost every neighbourhood …
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Where Children Run Their Own Lives
September 9: Govindpuri, a sprawling slum settlement in New Delhi, spread over nine km, is like any other slum — a congested maze …
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Taming the Boors
October 28: Regulars at the Lucknow University campus in Lucknow, are familiar with the site of a tall, well-built young woman, in …
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The Mail Carrier
August 5: Karrappan walks through dark forests and lively villages, covering more than 20 km on foot everyday. And he carries a …
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Creating Light from Garbage
July 22: We all create garbage. Every day we throw away armloads of things that we don’t need. Wrappers, leftovers, car …
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Talking Through their Hats for Peace
September 9: A group of children are going to attend the International Conference on War-affected Children, at Winnipeg in Canada, …
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Frank Conrad's Garage
Where: Pittsburgh, USA July 22, 2000: Over eighty years ago, the first commercial broadcast on radio occurred in a garage in …
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What Lies Beneath?
What Lies Beneath? [Illustrations by Shiju George] October 28: When archaeologist Donny Youkhanna started excavating an ancient …
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Origamist Whizkid Sivaram
October 21: Imagine the talent required to fold a single sheet of paper as many as 100 times, to create fantastic animals, birds, …
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The Circle of Life
February 5: Young Vittal Partani is one of many volunteers who has been engaged in a singleminded task these last few days in the …
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The China Doll
The China Doll [Illustration by Anup Singh] December 9: A country’s national identity is very much like an …
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