pathanamthitta

IAS officer Prem Krishan’s “Swap Your Screen for a Sport” challenge in Pathanamthitta is bringing children back to playgrounds, replacing screen time with football, cricket, teamwork, and the joy of play.

Sudhakara Kurup, who lost his vision at the age of 21 due to glaucoma, runs a stationery shop in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala. From opening and organising the store, to interacting with customers and keeping track of finances, the sexagenerian does everything on his own.

From conducting frequent live sessions on social media pages to arranging volunteers and special forces for rescue operations, here’s all that the state has been doing.

Working round-the-clock with IPS officers, Harikishore successfully accomplished this seemingly impossible mission. Here is the entire account of the IAS officer, as shared on Facebook.

Previously stationed in Alappuzha, Girija was faced with the monumental task of reviving a near-extinct stream, issued by court order. A task which had not been completed, for the last four years.

Though many places in the state were addressed with anglicised monikers during the periods of colonialism, the last few decades have seen most of them reverting to their to colloquial titles.

Natarajan, an 80-year-old manual labourer, has distributed 50 cents of land in his village in Kerala to 10 poor families. Read how he did this to protect the environment.