Krystelle Dsouza

'Aashraya on the Ganga' is a sustainable homestay in Rishikesh featuring dry stone and wood from a car showroom. But its sustainability spills beyond the architecture and into a forest thriving with thousands of fruit trees.

Raghav and Ansh Kumar, architects from Delhi, created Tiny Farm Fort, a homestay in Rishikesh. Made using cob, this sustainable retreat aims to reconnect people with nature and traditional building techniques.

From designing tools to exploring ideas, Hari Parameswaran’s life has been a steady pursuit of making science less abstract. Now 84, he’s crafted 25 innovative kits — including a mini microscope — that give children not answers, but access. His Bengaluru home remains a hub of experimentation and possibility.

Built with locally-grown bamboo and mud from the fields, the farmstay is sustainability personified, not just in its construction but also in the quotidian habits of the family that runs it.

From remote islands to global accolades, Satish Bhaskar’s tireless journey redefined turtle conservation in India and inspired generations to follow.

Nothing less than an Enid Blyton novel, the Roy family's journey to revisiting their ancestral palace in Kasim Bazar, West Bengal and finding it in a state of ruins and then restoring it to its former glory, will have you hooked. Visitors can now visit Cossimbazar Palace.

Darlapudi Ravi was an assistant general manager at a cement industry when he realised how modern dietary practices lead to a variety of diseases. Here's how this realisation motivated him to build a seed bank.

From a Amritsar kitchen to a serene New York bungalow, Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna is redefining global food with India’s native ingredients and traditional wisdom.

Carried away by the aesthetics of Bannerghatta National Park and its surroundings, these three friends decided to build their eco-friendly homes near the park, leaving city life behind.

Long before Kaziranga became a national park, a brave tribal forest guard named Mahi Chandra Miri took on poachers and protected its endangered wildlife with nothing but courage and conviction. His forgotten fight in the 1900s laid the foundation for one of India’s most iconic conservation success stories. Here's his incredible tale.