3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (255+ words) On the first-floor balcony of Kerala University’s botany department, 50 square feet became a green corner filled with plants, pebbles, wind chimes, a small waterfall, and chairs. Fourth-year PhD scholar Reshma PR was studying indoor air-purifying plants, focusing on formaldehyde, a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1307+ words) While India increasingly turns to CCTV, security guards and locked gates, this Maharashtra village has relied on faith and collective trust for three centuries. In Shani Shingnapur, a house can stand empty for days without a locked front door. There…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1625+ words) Two sisters pooled their own money to build one home on land passed down through the women of their Kerala family. They kept the trees their mother had planted, and let the site itself keep the house cool. Designed around…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (317+ words) This government employee's late-night hobby is preserving Bengal's nostalgia, one miniature at a time Howrah resident Murchhana Bandyopadhyay, 36, works full-time at the health ministry by day. At midnight, after her toddler sleeps, she quietly turns her baby's bedroom floor into…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (294+ words) In Pangot village near Nainital, architect Shagun Singh built a house so unusual, visitors enter through the doors of an abandoned Mahindra Bolero SUV. Singh quit her corporate marketing job in 2015 and founded Geeli Mitti, a natural building learning centre,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1002+ words) In the quiet village of Loutolim stands a house that has become part of Goa’s collective memory. Home to nineteen generations of the Figueiredo family, the mansion carries over four centuries of stories within its walls. After leaving their lives…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1689+ words) Dipalee Nitin Rahangdale's 14x7 ft balcony in Delhi holds fifty plants and one small boy with a watering can. She started it while burnt out, needing something slow to do each morning. Her son joined her. What began as her own…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (734+ words) In Alappuzha, Kerala’s only district without natural forest cover, Devaki Amma began planting during a difficult recovery. With help from her family, she gradually transformed the sandy soil around her home. For years, Devaki Amma’s days began in the paddy…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (103+ words) For years, Bhavna Pawar put everyone else before herself—a wife, a mother, and the backbone of her home. Today, she protects thousands of passengers as a part of the Inline Security Team at Navi Mumbai International Airport. Her salary…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (148+ words) What if homes didn't fight floods—but floated with them? 🌊🏡 Meet Prashant Kumar, the Indian engineer designing a climate-resilient floating house that rises with monsoon floodwaters instead of being damaged by them. Built using locally sourced natural materials, this carbon-negative home…...