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Jan 22, 2025 | 
villagesquare.in | Gurvinder Singh |Smriti Mukerji |Arushi Mishra
At 26 years of age, Vikram Sagar from Coorg has taken to farming professionally. Embracing sustainable and diverse farming practices, he has embarked on redefining traditional agriculture in his native land in Coorg, Karnataka. In conversation with Village Square, Sagar talks about his journey from life in the city to agriculture, his inspirations and upcoming ventures.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
villagesquare.in | Gurvinder Singh |Monika Marandi |Smriti Mukerji |Arushi Mishra
Rajib Kumar is witnessing the once-in-a-lifetime Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj up close. The only difference is that the 20-year-old is doing it through the lens of his cell phone’s camera. He takes FOMO breaks from the feverish frenzy of clicking pictures only to scroll through other social media handles that are covering the nuances of the colours, communion and charisma of the mela.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
eastmojo.com | Gurvinder Singh
Kolkata: Sanjay Kumar Sharma has been an assistant manager at the Soongachi tea estate in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal for the past 25 years. ...
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
inews.co.uk | Gurvinder Singh
Ever since she was a child, Neeru Yadav wanted to become an athlete. However, growing up in a conservative village in north-west India, academic pressures, a lack of family support, and a culture where women are still expected to perform household chores and raise families meant that young girls are left with few other options, and she was unable to pursue her dream. Read NextWorldRead MoreYet Neeru, now 34, did not give up.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Gurvinder Singh
It no doubt came as news to many Canadians when Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland assured us last week that Canada’s borders are “safe and …
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Gurvinder Singh
Kolkata, India - For the past several years, Manpreet Singh has been dreaming of going abroad for higher studies. The 22-year-old Sikh, a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh state, chose Canada as his destination as that is where many of the Sikh diaspora is settled. But the current diplomatic tension between India and Canada has put a damper on those plans, leaving him disappointed. Singh is now planning to go to Europe and complete his education.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
eastmojo.com | Gurvinder Singh
Bakul Toto is fighting for the land rights of the Totos. Kolkata: Bakul Toto has been fighting a battle for his rare tribe for several years since he realised that his community might be relegated to the pages of history if no steps are taken soon. ...
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
bluedotliving.com | Gurvinder Singh
The Sundarbans is an archipelago of 144 islands within a delta formed by the confluence of three rivers — the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, and the Meghna in the Bay of Bengal. It consists of just under 4,000 square miles of terrain — 60 percent in Bangladesh, the rest in India — and comprises the largest mangrove forest in the world, home to tigers and crocodiles and close to 300 bird species.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Gurvinder Singh
Banks closed for 15 days in October 2024: Here's the full listThe month of October is going to be a month of festivities, and with that comes a long list of bank holidays. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has …
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Gurvinder Singh
Last year’s festival economy was pegged at $10bn. This year, things are starkly different as celebrations are scaled back after the brutal rape and murder of a doctor. Kolkata, India: Tapas Pal has been making clay idols of various gods and goddesses for the past two decades at Kumartuli, a traditional potters’ hub in Kolkata in eastern India’s state of West Bengal.
