The Better India
The Better India is a digital media platform that focuses on sharing positive, inspiring, and solution-oriented stories from India. It aims to highlight the efforts of individuals, communities, and organizations working towards social, environmental, and economic progress. The platform covers a wide range of topics, including innovation, sustainability, education, women's empowerment, and grassroots initiatives.
The website's core mission is to counterbalance the often negative or sensationalized news cycle by providing uplifting and constructive content. It emphasizes stories that showcase resilience, creativity, and positive change, thereby fostering hope and encouraging readers to take action in their own communities. By focusing on "what's working" rather than "what's wrong," The Better India serves as a source of motivation and inspiration for its audience.
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Why is the South Side of Most Indian Cities More Expensive?
Pull out a map of any Indian city — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, or even Lucknow — and you’ll likely notice a curious pattern: the southern part is almost always the more affluent, greener, and better-planned zone. But
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Petals to Profits: Remarkable Stories of 5 Indian Flower Farmers, One Earning Rs 5 Cr/Year
Can a flower farm truly be more profitable than traditional crops like wheat and rice? For these five individuals, the answer is yes. From abandoning corporate jobs to turning their
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These Siblings Helped Their Dad Turn Barren Land Into a Thriving Eco-Homestay With 1500 Trees
The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in August 2025.
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In the quiet lap of Maharashtra’s Malshej Ghat, a couple sits, soaking in the evening sun, with two cups of chai -
The 15 Million-Tree Miracle From Karnataka That Even The New York Times Couldn’t Ignore
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How This 75-YO School Dropout Invented a Mango Variety That Ripens Early and Is Frost Resistant
The air in Tarluwada village near Visakhapatnam is thick with the sweet aroma of ripening mangoes. A stroll down its narrow lanes is enough to soak in the season’s bounty. Between rows of laden trees, a farmer walks
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Ex-SSB Officer Builds Organic Farm With Sandalwood, Black Turmeric & Ancient Rice, Inspiring Rural India
After taking early retirement from the Sashastra Seema Bal, Utkrisht Pandey returned to his roots in Bhadauna, a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district. While many might have chosen comfort and routine after a
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The Forest Is Her Inheritance: How Women Uphold Uttarakhand’s Van Panchayats
“Without the forest, we wouldn’t be able to live here,” Basanti Rawat clarifies. As the electedsarpanch(village head), she has watched the Shankhdhura village, in Pithoragarh,
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Solar Pumps That Keep Forests Alive
Each summer, as water bodies in forests dry up, wild animals are forced to move closer to human settlements in search of water. Seeing this first-hand, Dr Sarita and P.V. Subramanian started the Earth Brigade Foundation to change it. Watch how
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This Engineer Built a Wearable That Helps People with Parkinson’s Walk Without Fear
“I was walking with fear in every step, terrified I might fall at any moment,” says Anima Guria, a Parkinson’s patient (as told by her son, Ankit Guria).
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8 Legendary 'Mithai' Shops Across India Every Sweet Lover Should Visit
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The Sustainability Changemaker Blueprint: Meet India's Eco-Fixers
What if one village produced no waste? What if you could grow a forest with just one litre of water per tree?
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These aren't theories—they are real solutions working in India today. And this is The Sustainability Changemaker Blueprint: your -
‘12th Fail’ Farmer Creates Turmeric That’s Helping 500+ Farmers Earn More Across 13 States
The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in February 2025.
“I have, so far, shared the newly developed turmeric variety with some 500 farmers located in the villages spread in
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Kaziranga Director Took on Floods, Poachers & the Wild — Becoming India’s 1st Woman To Win a Major Global Conservation Award
The forests of Kaziranga have long been a testing ground for
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'I Wrote Novels While Homeschooling': A Teen’s Journey Beyond Classrooms
“How much of what you studied in school do you put to use in life?” Hyderabad-based Vaishnavi Anantha asks me. She takes my silence as a cue to go on. “I would spend eight hours a day in school,
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8 Thoughtful Diwali Hampers That Light Up Lives, Not Landfills
As the festive season lights up homes across the country, it’s time to rethink the way we gift. This Diwali, swap plastic decor and disposable gifts for hampers that carry thought, craftsmanship, and care for the
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