8 Things You Need to Know About Draupadi Murmu Who Could Be India’s Next...
The present Governor of Jharkhand, Draupadi Murmu’s illustrious career graph spans two decades.
View Article12 Interesting Facts About Tulasi Apa, the Odisha Woman Who Has Taught...
From starting in a verandah, Tulasi Munda 's Adivasi Vikas Samiti School now provides education up to 10th standard and enrolls over 500 students, more than half of whom are girls.
View ArticleAt 65, This Doctor Treks & Drives to the Remotest Pockets of Odisha to Save...
Tribal villages of Odisha where no medical help nor motor vehicle reached are now getting the best treatment, thanks to Dr. Aquinas Edassery.
View ArticleThis Architect Is Helping Rural Kids Study Better, With a Piece of Furniture!
Nishan has manufactured a multi-utility furniture called Surface and has distributed it to schools in the tribal villages of Odisha. The response has been amazing, as the kids treat it like their...
View ArticleThis Software Engineer Quit His Job to Help One Tribal Woman. Today He Has...
Vikash Das’s social journey started when he saw a tribal woman being insulted. Fast forward to now, that woman is a successful entrepreneur and has employed 26 other women. All this, with the help of...
View ArticleThis Odisha Teen Generates Electricity From ₹ 500 Notes, Putting Them to Use...
A 17-year-old boy from Odisha has discovered an ingenious mechanism to generate electricity using Rs 500 notes which went obsolete post-demonetisation last year. Lachman Dundi, a student of Khariar...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: These Schoolkids Created a Sensory Wall Storybook for Their...
One of India’s first sensory walls for the visually impaired has been created at the Orissa Association for the Blind through a collaboration between schoolkids from Orissa and Bristol. The project won...
View ArticleA Pioneer in Climate Change Action, Odisha Will Now Help Others Prepare for...
As the pioneering state for action of climate change, Odisha is helping others vulnerable to the effects by implementing micro-level systems as well as offering training.
View ArticleTBI Blogs: From Sahiyas to Honey Hunters, Meet the Wonder Women of the East
AIF’s Clinton Fellow Audra Bass shares her experience of meeting the Sahiyas in Jharkhand, who help communities get access to resources to meet healthcare needs for expecting mothers.
View ArticleUnseen Faces & Unheard Stories: Odisha Through the Lens
A trip into the tribal villages of Semiliguda Forest Range in the state of Odisha is a revelation in itself. Cut off from the rest of the world, these villages and its inhabitants are echoes away from...
View ArticleHow One Girl Is Using Nukkad Nataks to Educate an Entire Odisha Village
After her Master's in International Development Management from University of Nottingham, Nafisa Lokhandwala chose to go to one of the remotest villages of India called Koinpur in the Gajapati district...
View ArticleHere Comes the Sun: My Experience at Odisha’s Vibrant and Mesmerising Konark...
The sun is a constant motif in Odisha, a laid-back, sun-drenched state that runs along the coast of eastern India, well off the tourist trail. From the golden beaches of Odisha (formerly Orissa) you...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: A Bank Is on Its Way to Providing 500 Solar Loans for Remote...
Syndicate Bank in Bhawanipatna town is on its way to providing 500 solar loans for remote tribal families in Kalahandi.
View ArticleKids From 40 Slums in Odisha Are Giving out Report Cards to Track Sanitation
Berhampur may soon be one of the top cities in Odisha, with the ongoing Shreshtha Berhampur campaign encountering success in every sphere of holistic development.
View ArticleJust Sand, Water & Some Brilliant Art – Behind the Scenes With Puri’s...
Odisha’s coastal town of Puri is not only famous for the Jagannath Temple but also for the numerous sand artists who convert the Puri beach into an art gallery every now and then.
View ArticleOn Walls & in Dance, Art Is a Way of Life & a Religion in This Odisha Village
Barfi pink. Bright blue. Deep ochre. Violet and saturated orange. Etches and paintings of Gods and Goddesses. Green parrots flying on a wall. Lush greenery. The source of Odissi dance. Welcome to...
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How Tribal Women of Odisha Have Made Farming Organic, Profitable & Life-Changing
Nirmala Barla (40), a passionate farmer of Sundargarh district’s Brahmanamara village, is a proud woman because she feeds her family with a variety of safely grown food, and not just cereals grown by...
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7,000 Free Rides in Two Decades – This Bhubaneswar Auto Driver Is the Real...
At first glance, 42-year-old Prabhat Pradhan may seem like your average rickshaw driver in Bhubaneswar, but a day in his life will tell you just how extraordinary he is. For the poor who can’t afford...
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How World-Renowned Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Is Fighting to Save Puri’s...
How far would you go to bring about a positive change to something that you are passionate about? Renowned international sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has set over 20 Limca records, a Guinness world...
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Unseen Faces & Unheard Stories: Odisha Through the Lens
A trip into the tribal villages of Semiliguda Forest Range in the state of Odisha is a revelation in itself. Cut off from the rest of the world, these villages and its inhabitants are echoes away from...
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