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Have you ever played Farmville? The virtual game, which allows its users to build farms, plough, plant, and harvest? An initiative called Farmizen, started by Shameek Chakravarty, Gitanjali Rajamani, and Sudaakeran Balasubramanian is in a way bringing the virtual game to life. We at The Better India often bring you stories of people who have taken to organic farming, are practising terrace gardening, or have made sustainable long-term life choices […]

It is good to be moved by the sufferings of others, but it does not mean that you get so flushed with emotion that it shakes your very being. You have to make yourself emotionally strong. Don’t let the unhappiness and miseries of others accumulate within. If you come across an affected person, express your sympathies and try to help him, but you don’t have to go out looking for […]

A fishing boat with 40 students on board capsized in the Arabian Sea near Maharashtra’s Dahanu on Saturday. Around 25 students have been rescued, and search operation is on for the others, said Manjunath Singe,SP Palghar. A Dornier aircraft and Coast Guard vessels in the area have been deployed for the rescue operations. District collector Prashant Narnaware told PTI that the incident occurred this morning off the Dahanu coast. All […]

Manu Joseph’s latest novel starts with the collapse of an 80-year-old building in Mumbai’s Prabhadevi area, introducing us to Miss Akhila Iyer, a student of neurosurgery headed for Johns Hopkins, she of the “large eyes set in a clever Aryan face”. The offspring of Communist parents and a rebel with more causes than one can keep track of, Miss Iyer’s prolific, multi-themed videos are guaranteed to go viral, most of […]

Leading wellness and corporate life coach Mickey Mehta, in his latest book, The Shoonyam Quotient, offers to help you become the best version of yourself. From breathing to sleeping, the book demands that you look at every aspect of your life with deeper introspection. It may seem like you wouldn’t need a whole book to tell you how to do that, but it’s actually quite helpful to get words of […]

A report in The Tribune on Thursday revealed that access to any Aadhaar holder’s details could be gained, through a mere payment of Rs 500, via an anonymous service on Whatsapp. As per the report, the payment allowed the person to be designated as an ‘agent’, which in turn granted him access to the grievance redressal system. Entering an Aadhaar number into the system revealed the holder’s information, including name, […]

The latest ban on the display of non-vegetarian food because it hurts people’s sentiments got us thinking…how on earth can someone come up with such absurd bans, right? Well, to our surprise, when we researched laws from around the world, we found that we are all surrounded by a crazy bunch of bans, and not just in India. Here are 11 insane things that are banned around the world and […]

The proposed US Bill — Protect and Grow American Jobs — is riddled with “onerous conditions” and places “unprecedented obligations” on both Indian IT companies and clients using H-1B visas, software body Nasscom has cautioned. Nasscom said it has flagged its concerns around visa- related issues in the US with the Senators, Congressmen and the administration, and will engage further in a dialogue over the next few weeks over the […]