Khushi Arora

When Ramya Sriram travelled to north Kerala to document Theyyam, she did not expect one powerful frame to gain global attention. Here’s the story behind that award-winning moment.

From compost pits to reading circles, Better Campus gathers student- and faculty-led campus stories from across India into one shared home for learning, action, and inspiration.

Sarvam AI started with Indian languages and documents. Its recent test results suggest that starting point can make a real difference.

Before it had a campus to call its own, Delhi University began life inside a working cinema building.

The opening of Srinagar's new chrysanthemum garden, Bagh-e-Gul-e-Dawood, brought visitors back during autumn, shifting the mood of a season that usually slows down before winter.

When a mob gathered around a shopkeeper in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, one local resident spoke up. What made him do it, and what does it tell us about how people respond to crowd pressure?

Left at a Nagpur shelter as a newborn, Falgun grew up oceans away with one unanswered question. Four decades later, his return to India led to a reunion that stitched his story back together.

After decades of farm work and family responsibilities, Pani Devi Godara began training in her nineties. Today, she continues to compete on the track and bring home gold medals.

As winter forest fires swept Uttarakhand and snow failed across the Himalayas, Kishan Lal and his daughter Kalpana’s 35-year effort revived Himachal’s Batahar forest, showing how care, time, and trees still shape mountain survival.

Across Indian campuses, students and teachers are creating real change beyond classrooms. Better Campus is The Better India’s upcoming national platform to spot, share, and amplify these stories — so impact can travel further and inspire others.