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...
View ArticleSlow-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...
View ArticleSick 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...
View ArticleBan 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...
View ArticleSikkim 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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleSikkim 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...
View ArticleTBI 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...
View ArticleStep 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,...
View ArticleTBI 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleMeet 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleTravel 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...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleTBI 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...
View ArticleSikhs 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleHow 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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