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Real India

Tilonia’s Solar Sisters

In a village in Rajasthan, illiterate African women are being taught to become solar engineers

Doctor on Call, Literally

Villagers in Uttar Pradesh are being treated by doctors sitting in Delhi, via telemedicine centres

Harmony Blooms Here

A Muslim village in Malappuram district supplies lotuses to all the major Hindu temples of Kerala

Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi

A matrimonial website for transgenders launched in Chennai is getting queries from men in France and Italy

The Tao of Kali Worship

At a temple in Kolkata, Chinese expats appease the goddess with offerings of momos and noodles

Justice in Clothes

A shop in Mumbai which tailors clothes for lawyers and judges turned 100 recently

Veil of Vulnerability

Radhika Shaikh, a Hindu, teaches orthodox Muslim women the art of self defence.

Mangrove Man

Disillusioned with the communists, he planted 100,000 mangrove saplings to protect Kerala’s wetlands.

Mr Make-piece Thackeray

Madhav Agasti, fashion designer to Maharashtra politicians, also dresses Congress and BJP leaders.

The Turtle People

Olive Ridleys used to be food for this fishing village in north Kerala, until one man read a newspaper article.

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