The Mysterious Menhirs of Vangchhia: Rediscovering an Ancient Lost Civilisation in Mizoram

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser]. Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! [The Mysterious Menhirs of Vangchhia: Rediscovering an Ancient Lost Civilisation in Mizoram] Oct 19, 2016 04:27 pm | Sanchari Pal For centuriess, hundreds of megalithic stone sentinels or menhirs have stood guard in the little hamlet of Vangchhia in the Champhai-Farkawn mountain range of Mizoram. Called the Kawtchhuah Ropuithe, these mysterious megaliths may hold the key to hitherto unknown facts about a lost civilisation. 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[Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like The Impressive History of the Oldest Indian Restaurant in London That Just Received a Michelin Star on Facebook] [Setting the Stage: 12 Little Known Traditional Folk Theatre Forms of India] Oct 18, 2016 07:49 pm | Sanchari Pal While some folk theatre forms like raslila, nautanki and ramlila are recognized all over the country, there are some which, in spite of being equally amazing, remain largely unnoticed. Here is a list of 12 beautiful yet lesser known folk theatre forms from across India. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Setting the Stage: 12 Little Known Traditional Folk Theatre Forms of India on Facebook] [“Some Heroes Don’t Need a Cape” – This Cab Driver Who Saved a Woman from Harassment Is One of Them] Oct 18, 2016 07:25 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian A Mumbai cab driver has been hailed as a good Samaritan by thousands after he recounted a story about the time when he saved a woman from a bunch of drunk men who were harassing her in the middle of the night. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like “Some Heroes Don’t Need a Cape” – This Cab Driver Who Saved a Woman from Harassment Is One of Them on Facebook] [A 13-Year-Old Boy Who Trains on Mud Courts in His Village Wins the National Tennis Title] Oct 18, 2016 06:24 pm | Aditi Patwardhan In defiance of the belief that only high-end infrastructure and expensive facilities can produce talented tennis players, a boy from Gohana, who learnt and practised the sport on a mud court, has emerged as the new national tennis champion. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like A 13-Year-Old Boy Who Trains on Mud Courts in His Village Wins the National Tennis Title on Facebook] [Here’s Why Milkha Singh Is Backing the Country’s First Wheelchair Basketball Team] Oct 18, 2016 05:47 pm | Gayatri Manu Madhavi Latha, founder of the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of India talks about using team sports to build the self-esteem of people with disabilities. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Here’s Why Milkha Singh Is Backing the Country’s First Wheelchair Basketball Team on Facebook] [How a Video Released by ‘Girl Rising’ Is Breaking New Ground for Education of Girls in India] Oct 18, 2016 05:10 pm | Gayatri Manu In order to raise awareness about the far-reaching positive effects of educating girls, Girl Rising released a video titled ‘We Dream, We Rise.’ [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like How a Video Released by ‘Girl Rising’ Is Breaking New Ground for Education of Girls in India on Facebook] [This Woman Farmer from Maharashtra Grew 15 Crops in a Year Using the One-Acre Farming Model] Oct 18, 2016 05:05 pm | Guest Contributor Vanita Balbhim Manshetty, a 35-year-old farmer from Maharashtra, took up the one-acre farming model in 2014. Today, as an independent farmer, she is happy to provide her family with nutritious, organic food. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like This Woman Farmer from Maharashtra Grew 15 Crops in a Year Using the One-Acre Farming Model on Facebook] [A Fisherman’s Daughter Went without Food and Refused to Marry, All for the Sake of Education] Oct 18, 2016 05:00 pm | Aditi Patwardhan Shalini Munuswamy, who was rescued from bonded labour and given a chance to continue her education five years ago, has successfully graduated from high school and is all dreamy-eyed about going to college. The road ahead, however, isn’t that easy for her. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like A Fisherman’s Daughter Went without Food and Refused to Marry, All for the Sake of Education on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: An Auto Driver’s 19-YO Son Built a Buggy Car From Scratch Using Video Tutorials From the Internet] Oct 18, 2016 04:31 pm | Video Volunteers Nineteen year old Prem Thakur has no background in engineering. But that didn't stop him from pursuing his dream of building his own buggy car. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like TBI Blogs: An Auto Driver’s 19-YO Son Built a Buggy Car From Scratch Using Video Tutorials From the Internet on Facebook] [The Forgotten Spy: The Untold Story of India’s Youngest Covert Agent, Saraswathi Rajamani] Oct 18, 2016 04:31 pm | Sanchari Pal Largely overlooked by writers and historians, this is the little know story of India's youngest spy, 16-year-old Saraswathy Rajamani, who smuggled secrets for the Indian National Army's intelligence wing. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like The Forgotten Spy: The Untold Story of India’s Youngest Covert Agent, Saraswathi Rajamani on Facebook] [Ten Years After Being Humiliated by Gender Test, Athlete Rebuilds Her Life as State-Level Coach] Oct 18, 2016 01:29 pm | Gayatri Manu In 2006, Santhi Soundarajan was stripped of her silver medal for failing a gender test at the Asian Games. Ten years later she has been appointed as a coach. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Ten Years After Being Humiliated by Gender Test, Athlete Rebuilds Her Life as State-Level Coach on Facebook] [The Man Who is Reviving an Ancient Urdu Storytelling Form Using Sufism, Ramayana & More] Oct 18, 2016 12:56 pm | Gayatri Manu Ankit Chadha, a writer and storyteller talks to The Better India about reviving an ancient Urdu storytelling form called Dastangoi. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like The Man Who is Reviving an Ancient Urdu Storytelling Form Using Sufism, Ramayana & More on Facebook] [Denied the Right to Abort, 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor Shows Courage. Refuses to Marry Her Rapist!] Oct 18, 2016 12:32 pm | Aditi Patwardhan This gutsy Bareilly girl, a survivor of rape, has given birth to her rapist’s baby after a UP court refused her permission to abort the fetus. But she refuses to marry the man who brutalized her, despite immense pressure to do so. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Denied the Right to Abort, 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor Shows Courage. Refuses to Marry Her Rapist! on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: How One Young Man with an MA in Finance Is Using Technology to Build More Inclusive Classrooms] Oct 18, 2016 12:20 pm | Teach For India Kushal Dattani was pursuing his Masters in Finance in Australia, when he first took on the role of a special education teacher. Today, he is helping teachers build more inclusive classrooms through his Samait Shala project. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like TBI Blogs: How One Young Man with an MA in Finance Is Using Technology to Build More Inclusive Classrooms on Facebook] [Practising What He Preaches, This Mysuru Corporator Picks up a Broom & Cleans His Ward Every Day] Oct 18, 2016 12:31 am | Aditi Patwardhan Suneel, a first-time corporator, started helping out the pourakarmikas (civic workers) because of a shortage of workers in the city’s sanitary workforce. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Practising What He Preaches, This Mysuru Corporator Picks up a Broom & Cleans His Ward Every Day on Facebook] [Utterly Butterly Wonderful: The Story of India’s Most Loved Ad Icon, the Amul Girl] Oct 17, 2016 05:32 pm | Sanchari Pal A much-loved icon of modern India, the deliciously witty Amul Girl turns 50 this October. Here's the interesting story behind the creation of the iconic blue-haired girl who has been winning hearts with her tongue-in-cheek one-liners for decades. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Utterly Butterly Wonderful: The Story of India’s Most Loved Ad Icon, the Amul Girl on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: Everything You Need to Know About How Political Parties Become State and National Parties] Oct 17, 2016 05:27 pm | Factly The Trinamool Congress recently became the 7th political party to be recognized as a National Party in the country. But when is a political party recognized as a National or State Party? [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like TBI Blogs: Everything You Need to Know About How Political Parties Become State and National Parties on Facebook] [MY VIEW: This Is What a Survey in Chennai Revealed about Abandoned Vehicles and How the Police Deal with Them] Oct 17, 2016 05:25 pm | Guest Contributor Satyarupa Shekhar writes about a survey in Chennai to learn more about abandoned and impounded vehicles, which in turn revealed how the police deal with the situation and what more can be done. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like MY VIEW: This Is What a Survey in Chennai Revealed about Abandoned Vehicles and How the Police Deal with Them on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: Organisation Pulls All Stops to Rescue Sloth Bear Caught in Poacher’s Snare in Karnataka] Oct 17, 2016 05:23 pm | Wildlife SOS Sloth bears have been declared a 'Vulnerable Species' under the IUCN Red Data List, and are poached for their body parts which are believed to have medicinal value. 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