"When the research was published, the government made this warning mandatory. It upset a lot of baby food companies. And today, we are saving babies because of this knowledge," says Varanasi's 91-year-old Annapurna Shukla.
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Tanvi Patel
Meet the Kerala Woman Fighting with All Her Might to Protect India's Elephants from Abuse
"I was absolutely devastated and shocked by what I saw. Several elephants had been blinded, many had raw bleeding wounds on their ankles, and almost all of them had enormous tumours on their hips. And yet they were being forced to parade beneath the scorching sun, deprived of a proper home, food, and water.”
Moved by Waste-Pickers' Plight, 27-YO Eco Warrior Creates Sustainable Products Line
“The thing is that we are so caught up in a web of convenience that we don’t think about our personal trash. The only time we think about it is when we see or smell it stinking up our neighbourhood. The truth is that our trash problem is much worse than that—for our environment and our health.”
'Palace of Fairies' to 'Lost Hill of Faces': 12 Hidden Heritage Gems in India You Need to See!
Most travellers in India make a beeline for only a few famous heritage sites like the Taj Mahal, Hampi and Khajuraho, thus missing some of India’s most outstanding monuments. This #WorldHeritageDay, we shine the spotlight on 12 of India’s #HiddenHeritage wonders in the hope that travellers will be encouraged to get off the beaten path and take the road less travelled, literally so in this case! #InternationalDayOfMonuments