Issue 43

Solapur based Mayura Davda Shah has started a sustainable luxury brand that offers a solution. The luxury brand MAYU uses leather made out of fish waste to create bags and accessories. Their latest collection, La Movida, includes vegan leather made from upcycled pineapple leaves. Material innovation is one factor that differentiates MAYU from the others, …

Allopathy is a magical world, no doubt. It seems as though there is “a pill for every ill”. However, it is often argued that Allopathic medicines usually focuses on treating the symptoms, but often not the cause. Moreover, these chemically synthesized medicines usually come with a range of harmful side effects. Hence, it needs no …

When the other students his age learned the concept of waste management like any other science lesson, 13-year-old Vikramjeet Singh Kanwar saw it as an opportunity. The Gurgaon boy started a platform that enables people to exchange their dry recyclable waste with upcycled products like home decors, stationery, glassware, etc.  

Residents of Dhedhuki, a remote interior village of Gujarat, Chaitanyabhai and Sonalben, a devout Gandhian couple are firm believers of the philosophy of the Nishkama Karma followed by Gandhi. And rightly so. The couple dedicated their lives to live by Gandhi’s principle ‘We should act not only for our dear ones but also for the …

A good story captures your attention immediately, holds you close during the midst of it all, and finishes with thrill, wonder, and closure. Today, many believe that storytelling is an art that is quickly losing its charm. There has been lots of debate and discussion about whether it is a lost cause entirely. Aman Kaleem …