Indian villages

This World Photography Day, step inside India’s fields through portraits of farmers who are saving seeds, reviving traditions, and growing crops that change lives.

These 8 lesser-known villages in India preserve rare traditions, from whistling names to barefoot rituals and eco-living.

In drought-stricken Solapur, a visionary farmer’s gamble on lemons transforms Pothre from a village of despair into Maharashtra’s “Lemon Village”-sparking economic revival, social reform, and a movement for women’s rights that inspires change across rural India.

Across India, these compassionate doctors are providing life-saving treatment to the underserved — not for fame, but out of deep empathy.

Experience the beauty of rural Karnataka during the monsoon through heartwarming scenes of children playing, fishermen braving the seas, and villages embracing the rain.

Once areas of deforestation, litter, and heavy tourist influx, villages like Majuli, Yana, Nako, and Piplantri now exemplify sustainable practices.

Looking for an escape from the hustle-bustle of city life? Explore these breathtakingly beautiful village destinations from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.

Cutting the price of such generators from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 10,000, these devices can even be used in remote villages.

Swinging from branches, running barefoot through the forests, imitating monkeys, chasing butterflies and enjoying tiger calls by his window at night, three-and-a-half-year-old Kaizen is unleashing the Mowgli inside him, and living life to its fullest.

Some are so unique, they might almost sound like a place straight out of a fiction novel.