12+ hour, 5+ min ago   (660+ words) Their Bappa is eco-friendly, the visarjan happens at home, and now the offerings travel further too. This Mumbai couple is turning Ganpati gifts into school supplies for 400 Adivasi students. And you can help from anywhere in the world! Instead of…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1273+ words) For Pratiksha Marathe and her family in Kalyan, Ganesh Chaturthi means growing Bappa from wheat seeds, mud and prayer — a five-day ritual that lets their celebration return to nature without leaving an idol behind. From a simple mud base and…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (424+ words) In Chetan Soorenji’s Mumbai neighbourhood, one borewell once served three houses. As more homes came up, borewells grew deeper, and summers brought water scarcity for everyone. A borewell that was once 30 feet deep soon reached 80 to 100 feet. His own was…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (889+ words) At IIT Bombay, a reflective collar can tell students whether a campus dog has been vaccinated, where it has been seen and who is looking out for it. The idea is now moving beyond the campus. In February 2026, a dog…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (102+ words) Mumbai is cracking down on wrong-side driving. 🚦 IPS officer Satyanarayan Choudhary has launched a major traffic drive against this dangerous violation. Nearly 800 offenders are being caught every day, with 5,000+ motorists caught in just one month and around 350 vehicles seized. But…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1179+ words) In 2015, Dadarao Bilhore lost his 16-year-old son Prakash to a water-filled pothole in Mumbai. A month later, he picked up a shovel and began a mission that would earn him the name ‘Pothole Dada’. Somewhere on the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (141+ words) They left Finland and moved to India with their children without ever visiting India before. 🇫🇮🇮🇳 They came to India because they wanted to give their children a wider world and a new perspective on life.They never imagined that along…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (818+ words) When her 12-year-old began skipping family outings, this Gujarat-based psychologist mom wondered if he was pulling away. What she realised changed how she parented him. As children grow, stepping back can sometimes be one of the most powerful ways parents…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (306+ words) As a child, Kanika Ahuja once mistook a landfill for a small hillock. She wanted to play there until she was warned she could get hurt or fall sick. “I wanted to climb what I assumed was a small hillock,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (906+ words) Why would anyone choose to build a life in Bengaluru? For many, the answer lies in its pleasant weather, tree-lined neighbourhoods and the joy of watching the city come alive during the monsoon. But while the rains transform Bengaluru into…...