Village Vibe

Village Vibe celebrates the art, culture and festivals of India’s village life. Urbanites aren’t the only ones who become social media stars, produce stunning art, enjoy food fads or follow fitness crazes. And as for festivals, there’s a totally different vibe in the villages.

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Udaipur’s specially-abled cyclist is unstoppable

Govind Kharol cycles against the shackles of stigma and stereotype with no right hand and only two deformed fingers in his left hand.

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Bicycling through rural India

Explore Indian village life through the iconic sight of people cycling through fields. Presenting the winning entries from our World Bicycle Day photography contest, capturing this quintessential image in all its glory.

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The ‘queen’ of king chillies in Assam

From growing them commercially to starting a nursery, this woman farmer helps others realise the market potential of bhoot jolokia – one of the hottest chillies in the world.

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Turtuk villagers piece together their broken pasts

The village that became a part of India overnight in 1971 stands witness to the longing felt by the residents who hold to the memories of their broken families and cultural landscape.

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Odisha women earn lakhs by cooking patua from veggie peels 

Most of us may discard the nutrient-rich vegetable peels as waste, but the rural women of Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts in Odisha are now using them to prepare the traditional patua dish and earn a living.

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Food truck provides a bright spot to Himachal’s rural women

Purusharth Jamwal, a marine engineering graduate and entrepreneur, helps makers of artisanal food products who have limited access to markets and whose businesses were hit hard by the Covid pandemic.

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Odisha village reunites with man missing for 60 years

Tears of joy sweep Luhagudi in Gajapati district as children of Gobardhana Lahara help the septuagenarian to rediscover his roots.

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Reaching for the stars from a wheelchair

Disability is no obstacle for 17-year-old Keshav Vishnu Sutar from Karnataka who dreams of becoming a space scientist at ISRO.

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Sariska sets its natives on tiger’s trail

Local youth have been hired as trackers in Sariska tiger reserve that now has 28 tigers. In 2004, it lost its entire Royal Bengal population due to poaching.