TBI BLOGS: From Food to Electricity, This School Produces Everything It Needs...
This Kodaikanal school produces everything it needs in its own backyard. It is not just self-sufficient in food grains, vegetables and dairy but also in water and electricity. It provides a holistic...
View ArticleTwo Young Women Left Their Cement Homes to Build a Mud House Entirely from...
Two young women abandoned their cement homes to design and build their own sustainable mud house in Kodaikanal. They are now promoting this form of construction. Priyashri Mani and Nishita Vasanth...
View ArticleFrom Cheese Making to Pottery: 10 Learning Holidays in India You Need to Try...
If you want to take home something more from a vacation than just a suitcase full of souvenirs and a tan, a learning holiday might just be the thing you are looking for. A great way of combining travel...
View ArticleThis Couple’s Stunning Documentaries Are Taking Space Dreams to Rural Kids in...
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” ― Carl Sagan A complex, fascinating, and ever-evolving subject, astronomy encompasses mathematics and physical science, culture and history,...
View ArticleVideo: Saving the Street Dogs of Kodaikanal, One Vaccine at a Time!
The Kodaikanal Society for the Protection and Care for Animals (KSPCA), is on a mission to protect the street dogs of the area. The dogs, who ran unchecked before, are now being offered medical...
View ArticleGood for You, Good for the Earth: ‘Plogging’ in Kodaikanal Is the Thing to Do!
Camping in the woods and exploring the wilderness is what most city dwellers, jaded from the everyday monotony of their routine lives, consider as the perfect escape. Far away from the daily rush hours...
View ArticleInside Vellagavi: Here’s Why Nobody In This Unique Mountain Hamlet Wears...
Charan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India, had famously said, “The true India resides in its villages.” It is these villages, with their myriad cultures and way of life, that truly epitomise the...
View ArticleMumbai, This Expert Will Get You Growing Delicious Oyster Mushrooms in Just 6...
When Vinay Parade visited Kodaikanal in 2016, he knew that the next time he comes back, it would be to stay permanently – though not for mushrooms. Vinay was visiting Kodaikanal’s Karuna Farm, and he...
View ArticleKodaikanal’s Famous Handmade & Organic Mustard Sauce Is Just the Zing You Need!
Every year, approximately 40% of the vegetables and fruits produced in India—a country which is home to a third of the world’s malnourished children—go to waste. One way to lower this terrible number...
View ArticleKodaikanal Women Turn Icons Like Kalpana Chawla, Savitribai Phule Into Rag Dolls
“Born out of necessity and the pandemic,” is how Smriti Lamech (41), a former journalist, describes her new ‘business’ of making rag dolls of feminist icons, from her home in the hills of Kodaikanal....
View ArticleMumbai Woman Moves to Kodaikanal, Grows Peru’s Rare Tree Tomatoes In Her...
We know that tomatoes grow on shrubs and sometimes creepers. But did you know that they grow on trees as well? Known as Tamarillo or the Naga Tree Tomato in India, this variety resembles a tomato...
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