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Malai Biomaterials, a Kerala startup founded in 2018, has innovated an eco-friendly, vegan material that looks and feels like leather but is made using coconut water.

From textiles to paper, these microbes can do useful jobs in many industries. But the best part is that this method is green, economical and totally chemical-free!

Sana recalls how she would often find these kids right outside the door, speaking in a crude language, hurling abuses at each other. Many of them never had the fortune to even look at a school gate.