Hyderabad

Love the idea of growing mangoes on your terrace? Elizabeth Kota, an urban gardener from Hyderabad, grows all varieties of organic fruits and vegetables in her lush terrace garden.

Dr Srinivasa Rao Madhavaram from Hyderabad decided to grow dragon fruits after realising that it’s mostly imported to India.

Rajarajeshwari Devi and drag artist Patruni Chidananda Sastry, who identifies as pansexual, share how they met and fell in love, and what helps their love sustain even in the face of obstacles.

The Taiyebi family started Finjaan Cafe in the Banjara Hills of Hyderabad. Here they provide a traditional Chinese tea ceremony experience. This is how this unique cafe came into existence.

The Imperial Sweet House in Hyderabad’s Sultanpur area was started by Nafees and her daughter-in-law Nasreen Hussaini in the 1960s. Over the years, they’ve expanded their business across India and the world.

Zero 21 Renewable Energy Solutions, a startup in Hyderabad founded by ex-Tesla employee Rani Srinivas, makes affordable electric kits to convert old petrol/CNG autorickshaws in 3 hours.

Hyderabad-based Allox, co-founded by Mourya and Rajiv Reddy in 2016, claims to be India’s leading producer of carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), which is used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries.

Hyderabad’s iconic Deccan Pen Store was born when young S A Siddiqui set out to Calcutta in search of livelihood. Today, it is world renowned for its vast variety of pens, and receives orders from across the world.

Dr A K Kundra’s recent project is the Autism Guardian Village (AGV), a one-of-a-kind residential space in India designed exclusively for people with autism and their families.

To bridge the gap between expensive electric vehicles and low-income groups, Charan Sai, a student of K L University, Hyderabad has made a low-cost electric bike using a discarded one, that works on wireless charging.