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32 Kerala Students Set Up Eatery To Help Friend Pay For Sister’s Kidney...
From December 4-18, 32 students of the Sree Gokulam SNGM Catering College in Thuravoor, Kerala, opened up a temporary eatery on the side of the National Highway. They all took turns to run it—from...
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IIT Engineer Switches Career, Upcycles Waste Into Toys to Teach ‘Ahimsa’ to...
Getting into teaching children how to upcycle waste seemed too far fetched back when Subid Ahimsa was a student at IIT in 2003, where he was pursuing a post-graduation course in Industrial Design....
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Kerala Professor’s Ingenious Innovation Makes Plucking Fruits Pain & Strain Free
Dr A M Ranjith, a resident of Kerala, only wanted to make a device to make plucking fruits from trees easier. What he did invent and has a patent for, is a tool that has multiple uses. “It can be used...
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This 47-YO Mom Who Donated Her Kidney to a Kerala Orphan Is a Real Hero!
47-year-old Seetha Dileep Thampi is a resident of Kerala who earlier this month donated one of her kidneys. The reason why we are telling you her story is because she donated her kidney to 19-year-old...
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Rainwater Harvesting & Zero Energy Costs: Kerala Architect Builds Perfect Home!
Exposed brick architecture possesses a distinctive aesthetic quality. On the outside, it invokes a feeling of both familiarity and warmth. And this is precisely what Srijit Srinivas (45), a...
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Kerala Cable Operator Takes up Organic Farming, Grows Record-Setting Tapioca,...
A single piece of tapioca that weighs 130 kg; colocasia which measures 9 feet; 28.5-inch long lady’s finger. No, we are not making this up—this is the actual weight of produce from Reji Joseph’s farm...
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Kerala Auto Driver Treks 1 Km Daily So His Daughter With Cerebral Palsy Can...
Niya is a 7-year-old class 1 student. Every morning is the same for her. Holding a toothbrush, glass of milk, buttoning her shirt, things that should come easily to a child her age, are difficult to...
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This Kerala Panchayat Wants Your Plastic Waste. Here’s Why
Statistics show that Kerala generates 480 tonnes of plastic waste a day. This amounts to a family in the state producing 60 grams of plastic waste each day. Over the last two years, the state...
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AIR 139 to 48: IAS Officer Divya Iyer Shares Golden Tips to Crack UPSC
This is Dr Divya S Iyer’s bio on Twitter: Mother/IAS Officer/Doctor/Writer/Singer/Actor. Packs quite a punch, doesn’t it? We think so too, and in this article, the doctor-turned-IAS officer shares some...
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Inspiring! 500 Women In Kerala Village Switch to Menstrual Cups For a Green...
In a praiseworthy move, close to 700 women in Muhamma, a village in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, have publicly renounced the use of synthetic sanitary napkins during menstruation. What’s more, 500 of...
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80,000 Songs, Many Languages, 60 Years: Here is Why KJ Yesudas is Known as...
Eight national awards, over 80,000 songs recorded in languages ranging from Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi to Latin and Arabic, and three Padma awards—KJ Yesudas is an inspiration to millions of singers...
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Kerala Electrician Starts Organic Paddy Farming; Opens India’s First ‘Rice Park’
In Kozhikode, Kerala, everyone recognises Jayakrishnan Thaazhathuveettil as the pioneer of organic paddy farming in the state. Partnering with his friend Leneesh K, Jayakrishnan has helped revive 118...
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Beds to Homes, Kerala Doctor Has Been Providing Free Palliative Care for 16...
For Dr Johny Gabriel from Cherthala, Kerala, serving the society as a regular government doctor was not enough. He has always felt the constant need to go beyond his job. After graduating from T.B....
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Days After Mother’s Death, 14-YO Kerala Boy’s Painting on Moms Wins Global Award
Dressed in a white top and red skirt, a woman sweeps the verandah of her house, while another, a few miles away, struggles to get a hold of her cattle. In another part of the same village, two women...
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“Food Is Everyone’s Right”: 66-YO Kerala Man Sets up Food Bank for Homeless,...
‘Food Bank, Visakkunnavarkkoru Virunnu (a feast for the hungry)’, reads a hoarding above a counter of food packets. Kept behind metal-glass doors at 12.30 each afternoon, these packets are accessible...
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60-YO Kerala Woman Wakes Up At 2 AM to Make Healthy Breakfast For The Elderly
Vinaya Pai from Kerala’s Thrissur district is not like any other senior citizen. This 60-year-old has pledged the rest of her life to looking after the well-being of other elderly and convalescing...
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Kerala School on the Verge of Closing Makes Winning Comeback Through Its...
The CMS Lower Primary School in Muhamma, a town in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, has earned several awards from the state government and other organizations for its spectacular efforts in the field...
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This Kerala Jailer is Helping Millions Attempt The Kerala PSC Exams! Here’s How!
Mansoor Ali Kappungal, 32, is a name that is close to the hearts of millions of Malayalees. He is the face of the Kerala PSC (Public Service Commission) exams and is helping millions crack it through...
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‘Soldier Never Retires’: 80-YO Grows Organic Passion Fruit Amidst Rubber...
“Farming is just another way of working for the country,” Joseph Louis, a retired havildar tells me. A conversation with this ex-soldier is peppered with gems like these. Another one soon follows, “For...
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Kerala Farmer Invents New & Improved Grow Bag That Waters Itself! Here’s How
EK Eyo, 72, from Nedumkunnam, Kottayam has always loved farming and finds a lot of pride in saying that he is a farmer. “I am a fourth-generation farmer, and have been farming ever since my childhood,”...
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