Sowmya Mani

After losing her mother-in-law, Surbhi Yadav transformed sorrow into sustainability—repurposing vintage bottles, lanterns, and fan parts into planters that now host over 300 plants on her terrace in Meerut.

A couple in Palakkad quit their IT careers to revive 36 acres into Deesan Farms — an award‑winning integrated organic farm that combines dairy, biogas, vermicompost, coconut oil, ghee, intercropping, and training over 15,000 farmers.

Anushka Jaiswal, an economics graduate from Lucknow found her passion in farming. The 28-year-old grows exotic vegetables like red and yellow bell peppers, kale, bokchoy, lettuce and more in her six-acre polyhouse.

Nehal Shah’s unique experiences are helping parents across India reconnect their children with nature — one forest trail at a time.

A hub for education, most of the officers hailing from Madhopatti have high-flying careers across space, atomic research, judicial services and banking.

Smarika Chandrakar quit a thriving corporate career to become a full-time farmer in Chhattisgarh. With 125 people employed in her fields, she hopes to introduce advanced technology to improve productivity.

Semma’s chef brings childhood memories and bold regional flavours to the global stage, earning one of the highest honours in the culinary world.

Srivatsan’s journey from Chennai to Toronto to find acceptance, find his partner Saravanan, and adopt their son Sendhan, highlights their struggles and triumphs as a gay couple.

N Ramakrishnan of Bengaluru has set up horticulture, solar power units, composting systems and rainwater harvesting in his retirement home.

We map India’s history to dig out 10 historic letters -- from Nehru and Gandhi to Freud and Tolstoy -- that drove revolutions, called for the freedom of women, strengthened political relations and diplomatic ties, and kept thousands of love stories alive.