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TBI Heritage: Acoustic Traditional – Preserving Indigenous Tales, Myths and...
India is estimated to have about 635 indigenous communities. Each of these groups of people have a unique identity, with their very own brand of culture, traditions and folklore. Unfortunately, most of...
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Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction: Appreciate, Encourage and Empower the...
The social role assigned to women as caregivers and nurturers naturally extend to disaster risk management, to secure life and the continuity of livelihoods, and to maintain the life support systems,...
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TBI Travel: Six Days In Spectacular Sikkim
Seema Somshekar recently traveled to Sikkim on a holiday and couldn’t help but pen down her experiences and share with all! The place exceeded her expectations and left her in awe of its natural...
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A Story Of Resurgence – How Doling Lake Was Revived By The Government Of Sikkim
This video by Usha Dewani features an initiative by the Government of Sikkim on reviving the Doling lake in Rabongla, South Sikkim. In an unique attempt by the Government of Sikkim, the lake that was...
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Meet Sikkim’s First Female IPS Officer
When Aparajita Rai faced troubles after her father’s death, she decided to become a public servant and make sure that people’s problems are heard and responded to. After many years of hard work and...
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How Sikkim Beat Himalayan Odds to Become India’s First Organic State
Prime Minister Modi recently announced that Sikkim has become the first Organic State of India. The journey wasn’t easy, the questions were hard and the challenges looked insurmountable. But today, the...
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Travel Tales: These 7 Offbeat Destinations Are Sikkim’s Best Kept Travel Secrets
One of the Himalaya’s best-kept travel secrets, the tiny state of Sikkim is an epitome of serenity. With its lofty snow clad peaks, emerald slopes and quaint villages dotted with multi-hued prayer...
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This 74-Year-Old Former Civil Servant Has Been Providing a Home to Sikkim’s...
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ ” – Martin Luther King Jr. Situated nearly 5 km away from Sikkim’s capital city of Gangtok, Lepcha Cottage in Chanmari...
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The Inspiring Story of How Sikkim Became India’s Cleanest State
In Sikkim’s Basilakha village, residents proudly escort visitors to their toilets, before posing happily for a photoshoot with a lavatory in the background. Basilakha is not an exception. In this small...
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TBI Blogs: One Year on, Sikkim Proves Why the Rest of India Must Adopt...
The movement for organic food and an organic lifestyle has slowly picked up pace in India over the last few years. Ashmeet Kapoor, CEO, I Say Organic, discusses India’s organic future, and the rise of...
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Sikhs in California Open Their Hearts and Gurdwaras to Residents Displaced by...
Here’s a Valentine’s Day story sure to warm everyone’s heart – in a show of love and compassion, gurdwaras across Northern California threw their doors open to aid and house nearby residents displaced...
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A Young Man From Sikkim Is Aiming to Transform Travel & Fight Trafficking in...
Haven’t all of us dreamt of going to the Northeast for vacations at least once? Beyond the regular travel routes, those who have already visited, might acknowledge having had a little trouble...
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How the Teesta River in Sikkim Helped a Couple Cope With the Grief of Losing...
We have often come across literary works that chart the journey of rivers from its point of conception to its demise. For centuries, poets have mused over water bodies and often crafted beautiful...
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Sikkim Farmers Are Earning 8 Times More by Growing These Exotic Foods. Thanks...
2016 turned out to be a great year for Sikkim, as it clinched the honour of being India’s first fully organic state. The state’s farmers have become 100% organic, their produce free of chemical...
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Exploring the Charms of Sikkim: A Guide to Unlocking the Lesser-Known Secrets...
T he mountains up in the North East have this uncanny quality of being able to hide the most exquisite vistas in plain sight. Follow the road-signs and make your way along the winding roads and you are...
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Bamboo Shoots, Herbal Tea & a Love Story: This Organic Retreat in Sikkim Has...
Almost 20 years ago, when a young Swiss student made her way to the Tibetan Buddhism Centre in San Francisco, little did she know that her life was going to be altered forever. Helen Kamph, then in her...
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Truly Organic? Sikkim to Ban Supply of Non-Organic Produces in State
Besides being the first and only 100 percent organic state in India, Sikkim will now also have the credit of entirely banning the supply of non-organic agriculture, horticulture and livestock produce....
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The People of Sikkim Can Now Adopt a New Sibling — a Tree!
With its lush green forests, and rich flora and fauna, Sikkim is truly one of the most beautiful states in India. Much of this is credited to the policies of the Forests, Environment, and Wildlife...
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Sikkim’s Pakyong Airport Starts Operations: 5 Reasons Why It’s an Engineering...
If you’re flying to Sikkim, the nearest airport is at Bagdogra, in West Bengal, nearly 124 kms from the state capital, Gangtok. The Pakyong airport now puts Sikkim on India’s aviation map. It is one of...
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4 Things Other State Governments Can Emulate From India’s Longest Serving...
On May 16, 1975, Sikkim became India’s 22nd state, and over the last four decades, the erstwhile Himalayan kingdom has emerged as a model state, although the achievements of the state government have...
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This June, Sikkim Will Host World’s Highest Mountain Biking Race!
Sikkim has some of the most spectacular terrain primed for mountain biking. The rocky slopes make for fun downhill runs, and the steep climbs burn the muscles. Well, if you think mountain biking was...
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Sikkim’s Longest Tunnel Inaugurated: Why It’s a Big Deal for Locals, Armed...
Establishing road connectivity in India’s frontier regions, especially up in the mountains is an arduous task. Thus, in a significant development on Thursday, the Centre inaugurated the 578-metre long...
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Plastic Ban to Women Equality: 5 Times Sikkim Became an Example for All of India
Sikkim, one of the tiniest states in India, stands out from the others thanks to the several firsts it has to its name. The Himalayan state’s progressive track record has received yet another boost...
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Sikkim Gets India’s 2nd Largest Govt Hospital; Will Ensure Free Treatment For...
On February 1, the people of Sikkim will be able to access free state-sponsored healthcare in the new 10-storied Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial Multi-Speciality Hospital (STNM) in Sochaygang, which is...
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Sikkim School Teacher Earns Money From Waste, Sponsors Education of Village...
Lomas Dhungel, a 34-year-old science and mathematics teacher at the Government Senior Secondary School in Sikkim’s Makha village, is doing something few in this country are. Under his ‘Hariyo...
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Sikkim IAS Officer’s Project Adopts 5 Villages, Transforms 7500+ Lives!
As the sun sets in the Rongbul village of the South Sikkim district, children rush home guided by the street lights and the last rays of the sun. It has been quite a day for them. After their classes...
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Meet the IIT-Grad-Turned-IFS-Officer Who Helped Save Sikkim’s Forests & Dying...
As a child, Sandeep Tambe would spend his holidays with his parents and two sisters in their ancestral village of Nakawal in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla district. Nakawal is a picturesque village along the...
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Slow-Travelling in Sikkim in a Caravan? 2 Girls Make a Career Out Of Our...
Who doesn’t want a vacation? An extended leave from work to travel to a place in your bucket list is the dream, isn’t it? Now, imagine if you travelled for a living? Meet Ankita Kumar and Sharanya...
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Sick of High Rates, Techies Quit Corporate Jobs To Start Own ‘Ola, Uber’ in...
In a city like Bengaluru, pretty much everything is available on mobile phone apps. From hailing auto-rickshaws and cabs to buying your groceries, clothes and electrical appliances, life has become...
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Ban On Single Use Plastic, Rs 5K Fine: Mountain Village in Sikkim Shows The Way!
Lachung is an incredibly picturesque mountain village in the northeastern state of Sikkim bordering Tibet. Perched at an altitude of 8,610 feet, this village is surrounded by snow-capped mountain...
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Sikkim Teacher Upcycles 85,000 Plastic Packets Into 6100 Book Covers,...
Lomas Dhungel, a 35-year-old science and mathematics teacher at the Government Senior Secondary School in Sikkim’s Makha village, is a man on a mission. In 2015, under his project ‘Hariyo Makha–Sikkim...
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‘Gandhi Pokhrel’, The Unsung Freedom Fighter Who Pioneered ‘Swadeshi’ In Sikkim
In 1861, the erstwhile Kingdom of Sikkim and the British Empire signed the Treaty of Tumlong. This treaty effectively made the present-day Northeastern state a de facto protectorate of the British...
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Sikkim Man Revives Lake At 12406 Feet, Leads Team to Clean Whopping 20 Trucks...
India is the highest waste generator in the world, with around 277.1 million tonnes produced every year. The aggressive awareness campaigns run by the government for effective waste management have...
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Sikkim Farmer Turns Life Around With Organic Cultivation, Income Increases...
In 2010, the Sikkim government took an ambitious decision to make its agricultural land organic in order to restore the damage inflicted by chemicals fertilised on its fragile ecosystem. After...
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Sharma Sisters of Sikkim Brew Slow Travel Revolution With Their Sustainable...
After completing her adventure tourism course at Queenstown Resort College, New Zealand, Manisha Sharma was bit by the travel bug. She returned to Gangtok, Sikkim, and started Tag Along, a travel...
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