In 2018, during Kerala’s floods in India, local fishermen took fishing boats into flooded areas and…
The Indus Valley Civilization had one of the world’s earliest urban sanitation systems over 4,000…
The Indus Valley Civilization had one of the world’s earliest urban sanitation systems over 4,000…
In India, people used khus, or vetiver grass, as a summer cooling hack. They hung woven khus screens…
In India, people used khus, or vetiver grass, as a summer cooling hack. They hung woven khus screens…
Barefoot College founder Bunker Roy helped train rural grandmothers to become solar engineers. The…
Barefoot College founder Bunker Roy helped train rural grandmothers to become solar engineers. The…
India’s old stepwells were not just giant holes for water. A 2024 peer-reviewed review says builders…
India’s old stepwells were not just giant holes for water. A 2024 peer-reviewed review says builders…
In 1974, during India’s Chipko movement, villagers, especially women, hugged trees so loggers could…
In 1974, during India’s Chipko movement, villagers, especially women, hugged trees so loggers could…
Farmers in India will sometimes…
Farmers in India will sometimes paint their dogs to look like tigers in an attempt to keep the monkeys away.
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India and Bangladesh are the only…
India and Bangladesh are the only two countries in the world to follow the concept of MRP (Maximum retail price) that is the highest price that can be charged for a product. Shops cannot charge customers over the MRP.
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In a village in India, an Indian…
In a village in India, an Indian robin had made a nest and laid her eggs on the village’s switchboard. The village decided to go without street lights for over a month for the safety of the bird and to allow her eggs to hatch. After 45 days, the bird and its hatchlings safely flew […]
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In 2014, the Indian government employed…
In 2014, the Indian government employed 40 people to impersonate monkeys, to scare off real monkeys causing havoc around the parliament in Delhi. The men made screeching noises similar to those of black-faced langur monkeys, imitating their whoops and barks, to frighten red-faced macaque monkeys
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