Neelakurinji flowers’ rare bloom, which happens once in 12 years, covers the Munnar hills in blue-violet colours |

Neelakurinji flowers- Photo via Canva Nature is endowed with a huge variety of plants, each of which is special in itself, but there’s something poetic about a flower that only blooms once every twelve years.It doesn’t rush, and when it finally blooms, the entire hillsides turn a shade of blue-violet you don’t really see anywhere…

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Zero waste, zero electricity bill: How a 75-year-old Padma Shri awardee built a home that powers itself and 50 others too

Long before she became known for her self-sustaining home, Janak Palta McGilligan’s journey toward environmentalism began with a personal health scare. As a teenager, she survived a near-death experience and underwent open-heart surgery at just 17 years old. That brush with mortality gave her a newfound respect for life, and she decided early on to…

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Mandeep Kaur Khaira: From half an acre to 40: How a Moga woman turned mockery into an Rs 80 lakh farming enterprise

​DIY: 5 clever ways to repurpose corn husks in under 10 minutes and give everyday items a creative makeover​ There’s a particular kind of quiet vindication in building a business out of exactly what people once mocked you for doing, and that’s precisely the story behind Mandeep Kaur Khaira’s journey in Moga, Punjab, as reported…

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