Kerala

Kerala is setting an example in sustainable matrimonial practices!

If you walk through any street here, you will notice that they are lined with potted plants, and you will be hard-pressed to find any garbage strewn around.

Vaikom Satyagraha today remains as just another milestone while consolidating different instances from history covering India’s struggle for independence.

Innovation is a term which is rarely associated with vegetables, fruits or spices. Interestingly, there are scores of unlettered farmers who have been ingenious enough to develop crop varieties, which besides being high-yielding, are pest-resistant and can be grown in a non-traditional environment.

The deletable mutton biriyani of Azad hotel in Thiruvananthapuram is prepared just the way it was 78 years ago, when Meeran Pillai Pareed Kunju opened the doors of ‘Azad Pukka Travancore Biriyani’ for the first time in Vallakadavu.

Not only does the letter feature Ramankutty’s journey as a postman from his early days, it also poignantly highlights what the man has come to signify for the people of Thrissur.

"Only 12 per cent of the 355 million women of menstruating age in India can afford disposable sanitary napkins. But, conservatively, these 42.6 million women will throw 21.3 billion sanitary napkins into a landfill in their lives."

Mattathilbhagom LP school in Arookutty Panchayat is setting a rare example by helping poor families in the region through this first-of-its-kind initiative.

The folks who spearheaded this initiative included K Rasheed, S A Ani, A P Pradeep, M K Viju, A G Siraj, A P Pratheesh, V G Manikandan and V K Kuttan.

Haryana's crackdown on the scourge of female foeticide has seen its sex ratio rise from 830 to 928. We decode the efforts that have borne this fruit.