Sanvi Choudhary, Author at Media India Group

Sarmoli: Uttarakhand’s women-led tourism model empowers communities

August 15, 2026

Nestled at the foothills of the Panchachuli mountain range, Sarmoli was once a village struggling with limited economic opportunities and increasing migration as young people moved to cities in search of employment. Over the past decade, however, the community has transformed tou...

India’s shrinking classrooms expose cracks in school education

August 14, 2026

Even as the Union government claims overall improvement in the education system in India, highlighting the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and claiming increased budgetary allocations and improvements in learning outcomes, its own school database shows that enrollment has c...

Promoting private space companies may undermine national space missions

August 13, 2026

On July 18, Skyroot Aerospace, a private firm successfully launched Vikram-1, a a four-stage small satellite launch vehicle, marking the country’s first space launch by a private firm from Sriharikota, a launch-pad owned and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (I...

Forces face moral dilemma over Artificial Intelligence in defence

August 12, 2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the ways of the human society in thousands of highly visible ways, from shopping and travel to work and health. But away from such applications used openly by hundreds of millions people, AI is increasingly being used in covert operations ...

Kongthong: Meghalaya’s whistling village preserves living heritage through tourism

August 12, 2026

Nestled amid the rolling Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, Kongthong, popularly known as the ‘Whistling Village,’ has emerged as one of India’s most distinctive cultural tourism destinations. Here, every resident is identified not by a spoken name but by a unique melody, a cent...

From Ken-Betwa to Polavaram: India’s unfinished rehabilitation story

August 8, 2026

As the Ken-Betwa River Link Project advances in Madhya Pradesh, thousands of villagers facing displacement have transformed their resistance into the ongoing Chita Andolan, lying on mock funeral pyres to symbolise that losing their homes, farmland and forests is equivalent to los...

Nag Panchami: One festival, many traditions

August 8, 2026

Nag Panchami, observed on the fifth day of the Hindu month of Shravan, coinciding with July-August as per the Gregorian calendar, has been celebrated for centuries as a festival honouring snakes, especially King Cobra, which hold an important place in Hindu mythology and folklore...

Chinese Embassy in New Delhi marks 99th anniversary of PLA

July 22, 2026

The Chinese Embassy in New Delhi hosted a reception on Tuesday to commemorate the 99th founding anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), where Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong reaffirmed China’s commitment to peaceful development and called for continu...

My First Protest: CJP Through the Eyes of a 20-Year-Old Journalist

July 21, 2026

Until yesterday, protests were stories I had written from press releases, television footage or speeches delivered from a podium. I had never covered one on the ground, from right in the midst of action. I had never experienced what it feels like when thousands of people occupy a...

Bonalu: Telangana’s living celebration of devotion, folk traditions and community identity

July 17, 2026

Every year during July, the streets of Telangana come alive with Bonalu, one of the state’s most iconic folk festivals dedicated to Goddess Mahankali. Marking a collective expression of gratitude and devotion, the festival brings together women, families, neighbourhoods and loc...

Beyond Litti Chokha: Exploring rich flavours of Bihar

July 14, 2026

As with almost every part of India, Bihar, an eastern state spread across the fertile Gangetic belt, carries a culinary tradition as old as its civilisation. Though litti chokha is Bihar’s best-known dish, the state’s culinary heritage stretches well beyond it, featuring a di...

Domestic travellers account for 95 pc of tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir

July 14, 2026

Jammu and Kashmir continues to witness strong tourism growth, with domestic travellers accounting for nearly 95 pc of all tourist arrivals. The Union Territory is also preparing a long-term strategy to promote sustainable tourism by balancing infrastructure development with envir...