Nilgiri Hills

Radhika Shastry runs Cafe Diem in Coonoor. When she saw the second wave of COVID-19 ravage the Nilgiris, she decided to design an auto-ambulance with a stretcher, two seats for attendants, an oxygen cylinder and a first aid kit.

“Bottoms up!” Literally, as indigenous chefs, farmers and grassroots organisations take to the stage to give voice to the Indian delegation at what has been cited as the food and taste Olympics of the world.

Meet Gangadharan Menon – a teacher, travel writer, photographer, and granddad. He played an important role in saving one of India’s beautiful evergreen forests about 32 years ago by making a documentary film.