Majuli

Step away from the crowds and immerse yourself in the charm of slow travel! Discover five hidden Indian gems perfect for unwinding, exploring, and truly experiencing local culture.

Discover seven hidden gems across India that blend scenic beauty with local culture, sustainable living, and preserved traditions.

Once areas of deforestation, litter, and heavy tourist influx, villages like Majuli, Yana, Nako, and Piplantri exemplify sustainable practices such as banning plastic, organising clean-up drives, and planting trees. As India's cleanest villages, here's how they achieved what once seemed impossible.

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

"Families are in desperate need of drinking water. Every family is only getting four pouches of water, which is really little to get through the day," he shares about the situation in #Assam, where over 42 lakh people in 4,157 villages are reeling under the impact of the floods. #AssamFloods

People on the world's largest riverine island have cooked up a nutritious, economical and eco-friendly way of solving pest problems on their farm land — eating the pest before it eats their crop!

“When I quit my job in Singapore, my parents, particularly my father, wasn’t happy at all. But they knew I always had the dream to educate children. Today, they are very proud of what I’m doing for nearly 250 underprivileged children in Assam.”

An indigenous variety from Assam that cooks on its own, Komal Saul is quickly emerging as a quirky and sustainable alternative to regular rice.

India has a vast number of heritage sites showcasing the diverse history and culture of the country. These six heritage sites are not quite as popular as some of the famous ones, but nevertheless deserve the same kind of visibility and attention.

A meeting with milkmen in Saharahpur led entrepreneur Akash Agarwal to develop GreenCHILL, a sustainable cooling solution for the Indian dairy and farming communities.