Assam

The force behind boxing star Lovlina Borgohain, coach Sandhya Gurung is a former boxer from Sikkim who overcame paralysis to chase her dreams. Today, her efforts helped her ward win a historic bronze at Tokyo Olympics.

Lovlina Borgohain—the first woman from Assam to qualify for the Olympics—has assured a medal for India at Tokyo Olympics. Here's the story of her inspiring journey from the small village of Bara Mukhia in Assam’s Golaghat district.

Nationalist and freedom fighter Paresh Chandra Chatterjee started Indian Tea and Provisions, today called Luxmi Tea, in 1912 to fight the British. Here's the company's unique story.

7Weaves Social Pvt Ltd, a small textile company founded by Mandakini Gogoi and her husband, Rituraj Dewan, work with indigenous tribes in Assam’s forests to create a unique social experiment. They’re marrying fashion with preserving the biodiversity of the region through Eri silk production and other eco-friendly practices.

Momee Pegu, from Majuli, Assam, started RIGBO in 2015, and has trained women in her village in how to convert 11,000 kg of water hyacinth into organic compost

Curiosity about earthquakes and seismology led Dr Ranjit Das, originally from Assam, to develop his own Physics-based earthquake measuring scale that is now named after him — the Das Magnitude Scale (Mwg).

The Tea Leaf Theory (TTLT), started in 2016 by childhood friends Upamanyu Borkakoty and Anshuman Bharali, and is today producing Truedips — a plastic free tea bag.

When the list of Padma awardees was announced earlier this week, some names familiar to readers of The Better India cropped up.

Srikanth Garampally, a farmer from Telangana, grows magic rice, or boka saul. This variety is mostly grown in Assam, and can be cooked in 30 minutes by simply soaking it in either hot or cold water. The rice requires no fuel to cook, and contains 10.73 per cent fibre and 6.8 per cent protein.

Samir Bordoloi's Assam-based initiative — SPREAD NE, trains 2,500 farmers and 326 'Green Commandos' using scientific and sustainable methods of farming.