Irrigation wells, schools, a weavers’ cooperative and many such schemes have transformed villages in Maharashtra’s Sangli and Kolhapur districts. But Arun Chavan, the man behind it all, is not known outside the area, says Kavita Kanan Chandra

Artist Manav Gupta, who was invited to Rashtrapati Bhavan during weekends and asked to interpret A P J Abdul Kalam’s poems into paintings, tells us why the former President’s death is a loss

The second generation of HIV positive people, who picked up the infection from parents, want society not to discriminate them. Most of them have been on drugs since birth. Saadia Azim reports

Citing the example of ‘Aisa Yeh Jahaan, the Hindi film that mapped its carbon footprint and then offset it by a tree plantation drive, Sahana Ghosh suggests that the film industry goes green

For those who miss home when travelling, now have an alternative to staying in hotel rooms. Jaideep Sarin has details of the Aparthotel concept that is popular with those willing to pay more