Divya Sethu

Chityala Ailamma, popularly called Chakali Ailamma, was a peasant farmer whose refusal to pay unjust taxes for her land inspired thousands to take up arms in what is today known as the Telangana Rebellion.

Delhi-based Dr Chandril Chugh and his wife Dr Nivedita Pandey run five ‘Dr Good Deed’ clinics in Bihar to provide affordable healthcare in India.

In 1987, Sonal Shukla started Vacha Foundation, which works to educate and empower adolescent girls in Mumbai’s slums. The team recalls working with their mentor, educator and an icon of the feminist movement in India.

Reshma Anil Kumar from Kerala is non-binary and identifies as transmasculine and demisexual. They share their experiences of always feeling like they were “too different”.

At a clinical trial by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, a drug named Dostarlimab was administered to patients with rectal cancer, who have now been declared ‘cancer free’. Here’s all you need to know about the trial and the future of the study.

Rhododendron arboreum, or Buransh, is an integral part of Uttarakhand’s local economy, and has been used in traditional medicine since time immemorial. So here’s a look at the science behind its health benefits, and how you can elevate everyday dishes with this beautiful flower.

Whisper’s #KeepGirlsInSchool campaign aims to stop millions of girls from dropping out of school due to period taboos. Here’s how hundreds of girls in one school are thriving as a direct result.

On Mother’s Day, we speak to Sumithra Sriram, a mother of two from Chennai, about her struggles with “mom guilt”, and how talking about her life as a woman and mother on Instagram helped her find a new footing.

Almost 200 years ago, Kolkata-based Dr Madhusudan Gupta performed India’s first human dissection. But what did it mean for medicine, and how did it affect existing practices in colonial India?

When Erica Andrews and Mateo Hogan saw that a 62-acre piece of land was being given up for timber harvesting, they decided to save it from a doomed fate. The result was Finca Bellavista, a sustainable and eco-friendly treehouse community.