"The places Indian elites like to call ‘backward’, such as tribal areas, were those with the greatest chances of having retained these varieties over time."

When the India-born BBC reporter went to cover conflict on his home turf, he realized that journalists were getting it wrong. The locals needed to tell the stories themselves.

S. M. Raju ingeniously integrated the Indian government’s rural employment guaranty scheme (NREGA) with tree plantation drives.

The man who planted a forest

(for kids) The Nyishi community of Arunachal Pradesh used to hunt hornbills, then things changed...

Thanks to Sajit Haridas, wholesalers donate over 1,000 kg of vegetables a week to city orphanages.

“Their children are now going to school – and most importantly, they are accepted by society”

Roof top solar energy can be the critical solution to our power sector's woes.

‘The mountain is not the Government’s to sell’, as many Dongria have asserted.