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It Takes Upto 10000 Litres To Make One Pair Of Jeans; This Startup Can Do It...
How much did you pay for the pair of jeans you bought recently? The answer probably lies in the receipt in your pocket. But this receipt doesn’t mention a hidden, non-monetary cost incurred on your...
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Engineer Uses Aquaponics On Terrace to Harvest 500 Kg Veggies/Month
Shashank Dubey was comfortable in his corporate job in Delhi. One day, he read an article about vegetables grown on the floodplain of the Yamuna river and the potential health risks associated with...
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Rural Innovator’s Clay Refrigerator Runs Without Electricity to Fight Indian...
Mansukhbhai Prajapati’s childhood memories in Gujarat are filled with images of his elders busying themselves with traditional clay pot making. But the process made most of them sick with breathing...
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Meet the ‘Dinosaur Princess’ Who Protected India’s Jurassic Park in a Gujarat...
OIn 1981, when Aaliya Sultana Babi was a kid, her village was surrounded by palaeontologists, researchers and more. Little Aaliya never knew that her Raiyoli village in Gujarat is a hub of dinosaur...
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Gujarat Family Creates Mango Museum; Earns Rs 24 Lakh A Year
Located just 3 km away from the Gir forest national park in Bhalchhel village, Gujarat, lies a unique mango orchard, offering a visual treat. Spread across 12.5 acres are thousands of mango trees...
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Ex-Accountant Uses Hydroponics To Help Thousands of Farmers Increase Profits...
"I am a farmer by birth, and agriculture is part of my life. Even during my academic years, I spent time in the fields helping my father grow traditional vegetables,” says Pravin Patel from Vadodara,...
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Engineer Turns ‘Chai Maker’ After Failing to Get Job, Now Runs 7 Successful...
When Ganesh Dudhnale, a resident of Maharashtra, graduated from a private engineering college in Vapi, Gujarat, he aspired for what most young graduates do — secure his dream job. As is the case with...
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Watch: Artisans Paint Motifs Without Letting Needles Touch The Cloth!
Rogan art is a form of cloth painting that has been practised in Gujarat for the past several years. Originally from Persia, this art made its way to Gujarat centuries ago but it is now practised by a...
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Doctors Grow Their Fruits, Veggies on Terrace, Have Upcycled Bathtub into...
Even though Jigna and Rahul Shah, a doctor couple from Surat, loved growing plants and trees as a hobby, they never thought of taking it as a daily affair. Everything changed when Jigna attended a...
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Beekeeping In Recycled Crates, Couple Earns Rs 12 Lakh Selling Organic Honey
Gujarat-based couple Tanvi and Himanshu Patel belong to the growing population of people who are willingly quitting their corporate jobs for organic farming. They left their jobs when they realised...
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Confessions of a Farmer on How the Switch to Organic Helped Him Earn Rs 23 Lakh
Over the past decade, farmers in India have consumed around 500 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of chemical fertilisers. The data from the Central government shows that the use of toxic chemicals to grow food...
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An Accident Broke Her Spine, Not Spirit; 44-YO Earns Rs 1.25 Lakh With Vada...
In 2017, Induben Rajput from Mehsana, Gujarat, met with a bike accident that left her spine severely injured, with multiple cracks and compressed nerves. She was advised complete bed rest in order to...
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Padma Shri at 92, She Dedicated Her life to Feeding & Clothing The Needy
Prabhaben Shah from Daman was 12 when Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement in 1942 at a Congress Session in Bombay (now Mumbai). Being associated with Bardoli’s Swaraj Ashram from an early...
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A Tiny Paan Shop Run by 4 Brothers Is Now a Rs 300 Crore Dairy Empire
In 1987, four brothers of the Bhuva family migrated from Chavand village to the neighbouring city of Amreli in Gujarat. Sons of a farmer, siblings Dinesh, Jagdish, Bhupat and Sanjeev wanted to search...
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Eco-Friendly Home Generates Zero Bills for Water & Power, Earns Rs 10K Too!
Standing outside Kanubhai Karkare’s house in Amreli, Gujarat, will probably seem like another concrete building fitted in the neighbourhood. However, a walk around it will reveal its unique,...
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Vadilal Gandhi: From Selling Fountain Soda to a Rs 650 Crore Ice Cream Empire
Vadilal, an ice cream that had humble beginnings in Gujarat in 1907 — even before India attained independence, is a well-known brand today all across the country. Having begun making ice creams using...
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Watch: 75-YO Spends Rs 20 Lakh to Build a ‘Bungalow for Birds’
Bhagvanji Rupapara was inspired by small birdhouses to build a unique contraption for his feathered friends. Gujarat native Bhagvanji spent Rs 20 lakh to make this birdhouse, or rather a bird bungalow,...
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With Just Rs 250, Women Can Rent Stunning Silk Sarees from this Library
With the wedding season currently in full swing, apparel retail outlets across the country are buzzing with invitees looking for the perfect ensemble, which undeniably becomes one of the most fun parts...
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Healthy Weight Loss: 'Choosing Ragi Pizza Over Wheat Helped Me Lose 32 Kilos'
Losing weight can be tricky, especially for those living with hypothyroidism, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and sleep apnea. Gujarat-based Prachi Zalani’s story was no different. She suffered...
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For Over 35 Years, This Hero Fed Hungry Families Outside Hospitals for Free
That 190 million Indians do not have enough food to eat every day, and that one-sixth of our nation’s population remains permanently hungry, is a reality we see translated before us every day. And...
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