From fellowship to rural startup

Kavita Charanji, New Delhi

NISHANT Singh, a software engineer working with Wipro in Hyderabad, nursed a quiet ambition — he wanted to set up ...

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Calling the shots with cashew

Shree Padre, Uppala (Kerala)

EVERY year, Vishwakeshava Kuruveri, a 39- year-old farmer, used to sell his freshly harvested cashew crop to some cashew-processing factories ...

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Engineer saves farmers with dung cart, instant manure

Shree Padre

A  ChanakaVandi, or Dung Van, roaming around Ernakulam, has so many customers it is finding it difficult to meet demand. ...

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Town with a unique cradle

Shree Padre

KALAGHATAGI, a small town in Karnataka’s Dharwad district, is famous for its beautiful cradles. Made with teak wood and painted ...

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‘Wood is divine, I like being a craftsman’

Civil Society News, Gurugram

A tree lives on as wood in the hands of a skilled craftsman, becoming a thing of beauty and a ...

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Jobs grow on coconut trees: Kerala bails Chhattisgarh

Shree Padre, Thiruvananthapuram

NINE years ago, when 57-year-old Pushpangadan Mohandas, an ex-serviceman, went in search of a coconut tree climber, he couldn’t find ...

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Getting Idiyappam from a machine

Shree Padre, Kottoor

EVERY day, just before daybreak, a small farmhouse in Kottoor village swings into action. It becomes a bustling factory for ...

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Picking up the green cashew, taking it to market

Shree Padre, Kasaragod

DO you know what green cashew is? Most people in cities don’t. They are familiar only with the white roasted ...

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Passion fruit is great and the pulp is a winner

Shree Padre, Thrissur

WHEN Binni K. Paulose was handling an agency for the Malnad Passion Fruit Company in Thrissur, he sensed a business ...

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