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Kerala Man Innovates Rainwater Syringe by Accident, Restores 300 Cr Litres in...
KJ Antoji, a resident of the coastal village of Chellanam, Kochi in Kerala, was working as a wire technician in 1988. In the ‘place where no one goes’, the unreliability of the Kerala Water Authority...
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Award-Winning Kerala Farmer’s Food Forest Helps Him Reap Gold From Black Pepper!
At 2,230 feet above sea level, there is little chance that you will come across an organic farm, let alone a thriving food forest. Which is why the 5-acre patch of self-sustaining farmland, inside the...
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Kerala Sanctuary Builds ‘Canopy Bridges’, Saves Tree Animals From Road Hits!
Located along Kerala-Tamil Nadu Border, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary has a unique landscape with an even more interesting ecosystem. Falling under the rain shadow region, it is home to a diverse mix of...
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Over 1 Lakh Buildings in 3 Decades: Meet The Kerala Architect Pioneering...
For over three decades, Padma Shri recipient Gopal Shankar has been at the forefront of sustainable architecture in not just India, but around the world. Starting the Habitat Technology Group, the...
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Owning No Land Couldn’t Stop This Couple From Starting an Organic Revolution!
KP Illias from Kerala and Shamika Mone from Maharashtra are perhaps the best example for the fact that a shared passion is the recipe for lifelong happiness. Together, they have been silently driving...
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Meet the Kerala Boy Whose Post on Mother’s Second Marriage Won The Internet
He was in Class 10 when his mother decided to finally walk out of an abusive marriage. For years, he grew up watching his mother sacrifice and toil in the misery of an unhappy marriage. When she left...
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Kerala Scientists Use Mushrooms & Coconuts to Boost Incomes of 1600 Farmers!
About a decade ago, RD and Rohini Iyer, both agricultural scientists, retired from their respective jobs. RD had built his career on botanical genetics, while Rohini, had worked on the integrated...
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This ‘Mad’ Kerala Fisherman Helped Fish Out 13.5 Tonnes of Plastic From The Sea!
One doesn’t have to be a scientist to comprehend the detrimental effects of plastic on the planet. According to estimates, at this point, there is so much of it being dumped into our water systems...
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Broken Bones, Unbroken Spirit: Kerala Woman Is Mother to ‘Glass’ Children
Thiruvananthapuram-based Latha Nair was working with the state fisheries department when she came to know about Binu Devasia, a young boy, through a friend in 2000. Hailing from a financially...
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An Alcoholic Dad & Single Mom’s Struggles Pushed This Kerala Man to Crack UPSC
Come October, and the men in the Kuttikol family of Kasargod, Kerala, will be ready for the Theyyam season. The Kuttikols, of the Vannan community perform a ceremonial dance, characteristic of the...
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Busting Myths, 300+ Women From Kerala Village Join Hands to Revive Waterfall!
The wilderness surrounding the Archal village in Kerala’s Kollam district hides a pristine secret— the Erappu Falls. Its name, which translates to ‘noise’ in Malayalam, was given to it as the rush and...
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Why This Kerala Fisherman’s YouTube Channel Is Grabbing Global Attention
The pristine backwaters surrounding Kumbalangi, a fishing village in Kerala, that are shrouded in Chinese fishing nets are a sight to behold. And it was this beautiful image that stayed with Unni...
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Taking Up Organic Farming at 13, Kerala Student Now Grows 50+ Fruits & Veggies!
Sooraj CS remembers how his mother would pick tomatoes and chillies from their kitchen garden, wash off the soil and use them to make delicious curry. As a child, he took up small tasks to help her in...
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Living in an Orphanage at 5, IAS Officer at 47: Kollam Collector’s Inspiring...
Till the age of 17, Abdul Nasar B grew up in an orphanage and in the twelve years that he lived there, he ran away from the place twice, only to return out of concern for his mother. Today, 32 years...
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Building Low-Cost Green Houses Since 1996: Architect Brings Back Mud Homes In...
An ideal house in the village should be built using material that is found within a five-mile radius of the house.” This belief of Mahatma Gandhi left a lasting impression on young Laurie Baker. The...
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74-YO Ex-IPS Officer Turns Organic Farmer, Grows Paddy & Shrimp in Kerala!
‘If you protect the nation, the nation will protect you’, is the philosophy that P K Hormis Tharakan has lived his life by. Tharakan, a former Chief of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) has played...
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These Kerala Engineers Have Built an Electric Bike You Can Fold & Carry With You
In 2018, India was the fourth largest manufacturer of cars in the world and the number of passenger cars sold in the country stood at 2.17 million for the same year. It is always a time to celebrate...
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Kerala Woman’s Garden Makes Her a YouTube Star, Helps Her Earn Rs 1 Lakh/Month!
It was the fear of losing the pictures and videos of her precious garden that made Annie Yujin start a Youtube channel. Her need for cataloguing the growth of the 1-acre home garden in Kerala and...
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Dublin to Travancore: How Kerala’s First Woman Graduate Blazed a Trail for...
Dr Mary Poonen Lukose was a trailblazer in every sense of the word. She was the first female Malayali graduate, headed the Health Department in the Princely State of Travancore (which made her the...
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Kerala School Breaks Stereotypes, Introduces Gender-Neutral Uniforms For...
Valayanchirangara LP, a 104-year-old government primary school in Ernakulam district of Kerala is quite unique, besides the reason it is in the news these days. An all-woman team of teachers and staff...
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