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Rainbow Drive, a housing colony on Sarjapur Road, has never known a water shortage. It is a big thing in Bengaluru where tankers routinely make up the deficit in municipal supply and predictions have it that the city’s groundwater…

This summer was bitter for many homes in Kodagu. Their wells almost dried up before the monsoon broke. But 47-year-old Suraj Ajjikuttira in south Kodagu didn’t have to worry. His recharge well, probably the first one in hilly…

Kokum (Garcinia indica), an indigenous fruit with medicinal value, is becoming the nub of a rising beverage industry in the Konkan region of Maharashtra with two drinks, sol kadi and kokum squash, rapidly gaining popularity. Every year,…

In Dhanvanthari Nagar, 14 houses have worked out an exemplary water system, worthy of emulation. They source water from one bore well and use it with care. Every family gets an equal amount of water at a nominal price. This system of…

It is a story heard across India. Small farmers are left with vegetables they cannot sell when prices fall because of overproduction. Potatoes are dumped on the road in Uttar Pradesh by angry farmers and in Odisha tomatoes lie crushed and…

The aroma of chocolate wafts past as you drive into Koornadka, a suburb of Puttur, a town 52 km from Mangaluru in Karnataka. Follow your nose and you will arrive at the source of this seductive redolence — the Campco Chocolate…

The chikoo is rising and how! ‘Chikoo Parlours’ offering milkshakes, ice-cream, sweets, pickles, chips and more made from the fruit are slowly dotting highways along the North Konkan coast in Maharashtra. The coastal villages…

A small spiny vegetable from Assam is set to debut in Malnad district of Karnataka. Locally known as madahagala or kartoli (Momordica dioica) in Kannada, its Assamese counterpart is called kakrol (Momordica subangulata). The local…

This April, for the first time, the Kunbi tribal community in Joida will harvest their crop of pickling mangoes without a trace of nervousness. They now have a cold storage right in their village where they can keep their mangoes before…

An Ethnic Food Café on National Highway 67 which links Ankola to Bellary is attracting locals and travellers with its unusual menu. All the items are made of millets. Not only is the café the first of its kind in Karnataka, it…