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Glory to tea

The ‘handmade’ tea of Gobin Hazarika, which fetches $35 a kg, is mostly consumed abroad. Azera Parveen Rahman finds the man passionately making the organic tea at a mud hut factory in Assam

Mothers' dairy

In the hills of Uttarakhand, women have ushered a white revolution through SHGs. By rearing cattle they make money and also provide better food to their children, says Nitin Jugran Bahuguna

Making Amul tick

The Onida devil has died and so has the Liril girl and Air India's Maharaja, but thanks to a consistent creative campaign by daCunha Communications, Amul girl’s hit 50 and still going strong

Being Dimple

Dimple Yadav who has created a record by being elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha is a die-hard Metallica fan, a serious painter, and one who rode horses happily, says Mohit Dubey

North East hero

The son of a government primary school teacher, Mohammad Ismat, has done both his father and the entire North East India proud by topping the class 12 CBSE exam with a total of 495 out of 500

A sexy award

Varanasi based activist Ajeet Singh, who has rehabilitated over 100 sex workers, and who was recently profiled in The Weekend Leader, has been chosen as The Week magazine’s Man of the Year

 
Small town topper

When Shena Aggarwal from the small town of Yamunanagar in Haryana topped the all-India civil services exam last week, her feat put women achievers from the state in the spotlight yet again

Scribe’s story

For senior journalist Sankarshan Thakur journalism was more attractive than the civil service. The Roving Editor of The Telegraph opens up to Anuradha Preetam on his life and passion

Leading ladies

Women in many drought hit areas are leading a revolution in farming through water management programmes. Ajitha Menon tells us how SHGs in W Bengal have ushered in some much needed changes
 

A golden chance

The inclusion of women’s boxing in the Olympic Games has raised India’s hope for a gold as M C Mary Kom is all geared up for it. Sneha Theeng meets the girl, who was inspired by Muhammad Ali

Barefoot hero

A 22-year-old Assam Police constable, Abhijit Baruah, was Tuesday officially entered in the Guinness World Records as the longest barefoot runner, having run 156.2 km in 24 hours in January

The new Bhutto

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of Pakistani president, has struck a chord with India’s youth on social media. “Peace be with India,” he tweeted, after he landed in New Delhi

 
Be yourself

Award winning journalist, Neha Dixit, has proved her mettle adequately in five years. Here she shares the secret of succeeding in an industry that stifles newcomers, mainly women and small town people, not letting them do their own thing

Potato records

Bihar is set to usher in India’s next green revolution, which is evident from the record production of paddy and potato achieved through organic farming and other methods, says Imran Khan

Son rise

Akhilesh Yadav (38), a three time MP and son of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav played a key role in their party’s good show in the UP assembly election, says Prashant Sood

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