Bioscope

Bandhavi is an initiative by the Bangalore-based organization Visthar. Bandhavi is Visthar’s initiative for girls who are at risk of being dedicated as devadasis. Currently 100+ girls hailing from villages in North Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh participate in a residential school program that enables them to grow as individuals, as well as build a community that lives in love, respect, trust and friendship.

Vayali Bamboo Band with all instruments made of bamboo comes from a small village called Arangottukara in Kerala. Hear the wonderful composition by the Vayali Bamboo Band and let their music take you on a magical trip.

Mohammad Saidullah is an inventor unlike any other you've ever met! His inability to meet his wife on time due to overcrowded boats made him become an inventor - and he invented an amphibious bicycle - one that runs both on land and water!

Mohan Rao is a landscape architect at IndeDesign. He wanted to explore how to design cities with sustainable water management. On this quest, in Hampi, India, Rao uncovered a reservoir system dating to the Hindu empire of ancient Vijayanagra, circa 1000AD, that had sustained a population of half million (five lakhs) people for hundreds of years with very little rainfall. With the help of the Architectural Survey of India, Rao’s work in Hampi has provided much needed models for water supply management in the development of cities and urban complexes around the globe.

Watch this video and see how local residents and government officials came together to transform a garbage dump into a beautiful public park!